Hemispherical stone weight with iron S-hook, Campanopetra
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5587. "Hemispherical stone weight with iron S-hook, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Hemispherical weight of reddish-violet, very dense stone (perhaps basalt), with an iron S-hook cast into its centre to fix it; the hook has an oval-section shank with rounded ends. Weight: 7 x 9.3 cm; hook: 8 x 0.8 cm. Square L IV/δ10, Campanopetra, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory F_0045; Po_0468; 15 April 1970.
French, as on the record
chantier : Campanopétra
Poids hémisphérique, au centre duquel on a coulé du fer pour fixer un crochet en S (tige de section ovale, bouts arrondis). Pierre rouge violacé très dense (basalte?) et crochet en fer. Poids: 7 x 9,3, crochet, 8 x 0,8
carre : L IV/δ10
dessin : D_2483
dessin : D_1751
inv objet : F_0045
inv objet : Po_0468
negatif : 04529_03
negatif : 04529_02
objet : Poids hémisphérique
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