Object card·SAL_4896·1969

Plano-convex chalcedony cabochon, Salamis, square K VI/δ4

Plano-convex chalcedony cabochon, Salamis, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4896. "Plano-convex chalcedony cabochon, Salamis, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Large plano-convex lens-shaped cabochon of chalcedony, agate-onyx or nicolo type, black to dark brown with a white border around the edge; H. 0.5 cm, ø 2.1 cm. Found in the debris of the 4th-2nd century BC; square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Po_0395; slide C_4921; negative 01124_05; 30 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Cabochons en pierres fines num planche : PL_45 type :CABOCHONS complet. H. : 0,5 diapositives : C_4921 inv objet : Po_0395 negatif : 01124_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0444_p_0156 ø : 2,1. — Gros cabochon en forme de lentille piano-convexe, noir à brun foncé le pourtour est cerné d’un liséré blanc. — Trouvé dans le déblai du IVe-IIe siècle av. J.-C. — L’agate œillée ou nicolo est souvent employée dans la fabrication des camées. — Calcédoine, type agate œillée ou nicolo

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