Object card·SAL_4735·1969

Loom weight (pesos), Archaic period, square K VI/γ4

Loom weight (pesos), Archaic period, square K VI/γ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4735. "Loom weight (pesos), Archaic period, square K VI/γ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete terracotta loom weight of red-brown clay, with a single transverse hole, found among Archaic pottery sherds in square K VI/γ4 (west), south of the rampart at Salamis. Lenticular and almost square, one face slightly convex and the other flat, with a thin rim slightly flattened at the top and a finger impression on one face; ø 5.1 x 4.8 cm, thickness 2.7 cm, weight 72 g. Inventory Po_0385; negative 01048_02; 25 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_24 type :PESONS forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque carre : K VI/γ4 (ouest) — Terre cuite, argile rouge brique un seul trou transversal. — Trouvé parmi des tessons de céramique archaïque. complet. ø :5,1 x 4,8 poids 72 g. — Lenticulaire presque carré une face légèrement bombée une face plate ép. : 2,7 le pourtour aminci est légèrement aplati au sommet diapositives : C_4742 inv objet : Po_0385 negatif : 01048_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0227_p_0081 modelé (une des faces porte l'empreinte d’un doigt)

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