Object card·SAL_5281·1968

Terracotta loom weights, archaic period, Salamis

Terracotta loom weights, archaic period, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5281. "Terracotta loom weights, archaic period, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete terracotta loom weights of archaic period, lenticular, with nearly flat faces, a thinned rim truncated at the top and two roughly circular holes near the summit; one face entirely burnt. H. 9 cm, thickness 2.5 cm, diameter 8.7 cm, hole diameters 0.6 and 0.8 cm. Roughly modelled in red-brick clay, with clay burrs and finger impressions visible; very similar in fabric and technique to Sal_4248. area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4. Inventory Po_0429; slide C_5450; negative 01243_03; 1968-09.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_24 carre : K VI/β4 type :PESONS forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque complet h. : 9 une face entièrement brûlée ép. : 2,5 ø : 8,7 ø trous : 0,6 et 0,8. — Lenticulaire faces presque plates : pourtour aminci, très nettement tronqué à la partie supérieure deux trous grossièrement circulaires près du sommet. Très semblable, comme pâte et comme technique, à Sal_4248. diapositives : C_5450 inv objet : Po_0429 negatif : 01243_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0222_p_0080 très grossièrement modelé (des bavures d’argile et des empreintes de doigts sont visibles) — Terre cuite, argile rouge brique

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