Object card·SAL_5928·1965

Early Christian marble altar table, Campanopetra

Early Christian marble altar table, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5928. "Early Christian marble altar table, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Horseshoe-shaped table of white marble with champlevé decoration, in eighteen fragments; restored graphically to an overall size of 1.10 m x 1.27 m. Total height 6.5 cm; width of the carved border 13.8 cm (straight part) and 17.2 cm (horseshoe part); the back is very carefully polished. Height of the tabula, overall, 10 cm. Inscription: ἷς θ(εὸ)ς ὁ βοη[θῶν----ca 7 l.---] αἰωνίω I [-----ca 11 l.-------] ΤΙΤΩΟ [-----ca 13 l.-------] ΤΟΥΝΕ[-----ca 13 l.-------]. Early Christian period. Campanopetra, Salamis; inventory E_0015, Ar_1001; 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra epoque : Époque paléochrétienne type :Objets divers num planche : PL_36 objet : Table chrétienne carre : K IV/γ7-8 diapositives : C_3944 diapositives : C_3881 diapositives : C_3882 diapositives : C_3883 diapositives : C_0061 inv objet : E_0015 inv objet : Ar_1001 negatif : 05302_01 negatif : 05299_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0227_p_0085 pub : CAT_04_R0005_p_0152 renvoi SAL : SAL_0015 Table en fer à cheval, a décor champlevé (Dix-huit fragments). Marbre blanc. Dimensions hors-tout (graphiquement restituées : 1,10 m x 1,27 m. Hauteur totale : 6,5 cm. Largeur du bandeau sculpté : 13,8 cm (partie rectiligne) et 17,2 cm (partie en fer à cheval). Le revers est très soigneusement poli. Hauteur de la tabula, hors-tout : 10 cm inscription : ἷς θ(εὸ)ς ὁ βοη[θῶν----ca 7 l.---] αἰωνίω I [-----ca 11 l.-------] ΤΙΤΩΟ [-----ca 13 l.-------] ΤΟΥΝΕ[-----ca 13 l.-------]

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