Bronze fish hook from the Sanctuary, square K V/η6
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5295. "Bronze fish hook from the Sanctuary, square K V/η6". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Bronze fish hook, incomplete, with the upper part broken; H. 4.3 cm, l. 3 cm. Round-section wire curved into a rounded form; the lower end is pointed and the hook probably had a barb. Found in a pit of the first half of the 6th century BC. Sanctuary, square K V/η6, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory B_0175; slide C_5834; negative 01247_02; 17 September 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Sanctuaire
num planche : PL_31
carre : K V/η6
— Bronze
type :PÊCHE
forme : Hameçons
incomplet, partie supérieure brisée. H. : 4,3
l'extrémité inférieure est pointue
l'hameçon possédait sans doute un ardillon. — Trouvé dans une fosse de la première moitié du VIe s. av. J.-C.
diapositives : C_5834
inv objet : B_0175
negatif : 01247_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0332_p_0109
l. : 3. — Fil de section circulaire, courbé en arrondi
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