Object card·SAL_5414·1970

Spindle whorls from Campanopetra, Salamis

Spindle whorls from Campanopetra, Salamis
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5414. "Spindle whorls from Campanopetra, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete, modelled terracotta spindle whorls in pink clay, low conical and button-shaped, ø 2.6 cm, H. 0.9 cm, in spherical-cap form with one flat face and one convex face. Found with belt buckle Sal_5420 and moulded Hellenistic lamp (Sal. 5415) in the wall of the east atrium of the basilica, Campanopetra, square L IV/γ9; negative 04412_02. Inventory Po_0461; 9 April 1970.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_29 complète type :Fusaïoles carre : L IV/γ9 modelée. ø :2,6 forme : Fusaïoles coniques basses et fusaïoles en forme de boutons inv objet : Po_0461 negatif : 04412_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0302_p_0100 h. : 0,9. — En forme de calotte sphérique : une face plate, une face bombée. — Trouvée avec une boucle de ceinture Sal_5420 et une lampe moulée hellénistique (Sal. 5415) dans le mur de l'atrium est de la basilique. — Terre cuite, argile rosée

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