Lenticular clay loom weight from Salamis, square K VI/γ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4965. "Lenticular clay loom weight from Salamis, square K VI/γ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Lenticular loom weight (type PESONS) of fine buff clay, half-fired, incomplete and broken in two, with a diameter of 5.2 cm and a surviving thickness of 1 cm; it has a single transverse hole and a convex preserved face, and its rim is thinned and slightly flattened at the top. Found with Hellenistic pottery sherds in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ4 (east); inventory Po_0398; 2 September 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_25
modelé
forme : Type lenticulaire.
type :PESONS
carre : K VI/γ4 (est)
incomplet, cassé en deux. ø :5,2
la face préservée est convexe
ép. conservée : 1. — Lenticulaire
un seul trou transversal. — Trouvé avec des tessons de céramique hellénistique.
diapositives : C_4997
inv objet : Po_0398
negatif : 01145_06
negatif : 01145_04
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0250_p_0085
le pourtour est aminci et légèrement aplati au sommet
— Terre cuite, argile chamois très fine, à demi brûlée
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