Object card·SAL_5461·1970

Bone handle with moulded decoration, Sanctuary

Bone handle with moulded decoration, Sanctuary
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5461. "Bone handle with moulded decoration, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow bone handle, semicircular in section, with a flat open top; the convex face is decorated with two series of small bead moldings. Found with Hellenistic pottery sherds of the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Incomplete, one chip missing, repaired; H. 5.5 cm, ø 1.6 cm, internal ø 0.9 x 0.6 cm. Sanctuary, square K V/ε5 (3). Inventory Po_0465; negative 04444_04; plates PL_61 and PL_16; drawing D_3229; 14 April 1970.

French, as on the record

dessin : D_3229 inv objet : Po_0465 negatif : 04444_04 num planche : PL_61 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0132_p_0049 la face convexe du manche est décorée de deux séries de petites moulures en boudin. — Trouvé avec des tessons de céramique hellénistique des IIIe-IIe s. av. J.-C. chantier : Sanctuaire num planche : PL_16 carre : K V/ε5 (3) forme : Manches type :VAISSELLE, PETIT MOBILIER EN OS — Os incomplet, un éclat manque : recollé. H. : 5,5 ø :1,6 ø int. 0,9 x 0,6. — Manche creux de section semi-circulaire dont le sommet plat est ouvert

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