Object card·SAL_5851·1970

Possible spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square L V/α6 (1)

Possible spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square L V/α6 (1)
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5851. "Possible spindle whorl, Sanctuary, square L V/α6 (1)". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Possible spindle whorl (Po_0510), ovoid in form and hollowed from below, with a convex face pierced by a hole that sits in a depression. Made of very coarse stone, perhaps a pebble roughly shaped for use; H. 1.4 cm, diam. 3.2 cm. Sanctuary sector, square L V/α6 (1), Salamis, Cyprus; inventory SAL_5851; 2 October 1970.

French, as on the record

carre : L V/α6 (1) Fusaïole? Forme ovoïde, évidée par-dessous. Face convexe, percée d'un trou qui est comme rentré dans une dépression. Pierre très grenue (il s'agirait d'un caillou grossièrement transformé pour usage). H. 1,4, diam. 3,2 inv objet : Po_0510 negatif : 04773_06 negatif : 04803_06 negatif : 04804_01 negatif : 04773_05 objet : Fusaïole? chantier : Sanctuaire

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