Object card·SAL_5316·1969

Bone butterfly-shaped ornament, Huilerie sector

Bone butterfly-shaped ornament, Huilerie sector
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5316. "Bone butterfly-shaped ornament, Huilerie sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Small bone object roughly cut in the shape of a butterfly, with a slightly convex upper face and an ovoid central swelling marking the body; the four wings are bounded by diagonal raised lines edged with small scale-like striations, and the concave upper face is smooth. Complete but chipped, surface damaged; W. 2.1 cm, thickness 0.5 cm, L. 3.8 cm. Archaic period; found in the apse of the building known as the 'huilerie' (Huilerie), Salamis, square I 3/ζ3. Inventory Po_0443; negative 01298_01; slide C_6531; 26 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Huilerie epoque : Archaïque num planche : PL_16 objet : Petit objet type :VAISSELLE, PETIT MOBILIER EN OS — Os carre : I 3/ζ3 l. : 2,1 ép. : 0,5. — Plaquette d’os grossièrement découpée en forme de papillon : à la face supérieure légèrement convexe, le corps est indiqué par un renflement central ovoïde complet mais ébréché, surface endommagée. L. : 3,8 diapositives : C_6531 forme : Ornements divers inv objet : Po_0443 negatif : 01298_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0141_p_0052 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc6444_p_0043 les quatre ailes délimitées par des traits diagonaux en léger relief sont bordées de petites stries évoquant les écailles. La face supérieure, concave, est lisse. — Trouvé dans l’abside du bâtiment dit de «l’huilerie».

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