Object card·SAL_5158·1969

Conical spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square K V/η6

Conical spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square K V/η6
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5158. "Conical spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square K V/η6". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete spindle whorl of chamois clay, hand-modelled, in the form of a fairly low truncated cone with flat base and top; H. 1.6 cm, ø 3.4 x 1.9 cm, hole ø 0.9 cm. Found with spindle whorls Sal_5160, Sal_5161 and Sal_5159 in an Archaic pit, see Sal_5160 (bothros of the first half of the 6th century BC), Sanctuary, square K V/η6, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0418; 8 September 1969.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_28 complète type :Fusaïoles forme : Fusaïoles coniques et tronconiques num planche : PL_64 — Terre cuite, argile chamois h. : 1.6 modelée. ø : 3,4 x 1,9 dessin : D_2729 diapositives : C_5195 inv objet : Po_0418 negatif : 01209_06 negatif : 05701_01 negatif : 01209_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0278_p_0094 ø trou : 0,9. — En forme de tronc de cône assez bas base et sommet plats. — Trouvée avec les fusaïoles Sal_5160, Sal_5161 et Sal_5159 dans une fosse archaïque : cf. Sal_5160 (bothros de la première moitié du VIe siècle) chantier : Sanctuaire carre : K V/η6

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