Object card·SAL_4774·1969

Archaic clay loom weight, area south of the rampart

Archaic clay loom weight, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4774. "Archaic clay loom weight, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for loom weights (pesons) of Archaic period, inventory Po_0389, plate PL_24, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (west). Lenticular, slightly biconvex, hand-modelled, in grey-pink clay (terre cuite); weight 35 g, complete diameter 4.2 cm, thickness 2.1 cm, central hole diameter 0.4 mm, slightly off-centre; perhaps a spindle whorl (fusaïole?). Slides C_4781; negatives 01141_02 and 01057_02; photographed Salamis, Cyprus. Date: 27 August 1969.

French, as on the record

complet. ø :4,2 poids : 35 g. — Lenticulaire trou médian légèrement décentré. ø trou : 0,4 — Peut-être fusaïole ? — Terre cuite, argile gris rosé diapositives : C_4781 inv objet : Po_0389 negatif : 01141_02 negatif : 01057_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0233_p_0081 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_24 modelé type :PESONS forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque carre : K VI/γ4 (ouest) légèrement biconvexe ép. : 2,1

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