Object card·SAL_5484·1970

Bone handle sleeve with incised decoration, Sanctuary

Bone handle sleeve with incised decoration, Sanctuary
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5484. "Bone handle sleeve with incised decoration, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bone tube, slightly truncated conical, incomplete with broken ends and heavily damaged surface; L. 5.8 cm, l. 1.2 cm, ép. 0.6 cm. The exterior is entirely decorated with a series of parallel horizontal mouldings delimiting zones of incision; the interior is rough. Found in a Hellenistic context of the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Sanctuary, square K V/ε6 (2), Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0467; negatives 04449_04 and 04449_03; 15 April 1970.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire num planche : PL_16 carre : K V/ε6 (2) ép. : 0,6. — Tube très légèrement tronconique dont la surface extérieure est entièrement décorée : une série de moulures horizontales parallèles délimitent des zones ornées d'incisions. L'intérieur est brut. — Trouvé dans une zone hellénistique des IIIe-IIe s. av. J.-C. l. : 1,2 incomplet, extrémités brisées, surface très endommagée. L. : 5,8 forme : Manches inv objet : Po_0467 negatif : 04449_04 negatif : 04449_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0133_p_0049 type :VAISSELLE, PETIT MOBILIER EN OS — Os

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