Object card·SAL_5877·1970

Limestone basin with acanthus leaves, Temple of Zeus

Limestone basin with acanthus leaves, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5877. "Limestone basin with acanthus leaves, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Basin decorated with acanthus leaves sculpted in relief and raised on the rims, with two horizontal handles made of a single recumbent acanthus leaf. Limestone; H. 19 cm, l. 1 cm. Salamis, Temple of Zeus, square E VII/γ5, inventory V_0815; 6 October 1970. Negatives 04849_04, 04849_05, 04898_01, 04898_02.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus objet : Cuvette carre : E VII/γ5 inv objet : V_0815 negatif : 04849_05 negatif : 04898_01 negatif : 04898_02 negatif : 04849_04 Sorte de cuvette décorée de feuilles d'acanthe sculptées en relief et dressées sur les bords. Deux anses horizontales faites d'une feuille d'acanthe couchée. En calcaire. H. 19, l. 1

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