Object card·SAL_6037·1970

Clay loom weight or pounder, Campanopetra

Clay loom weight or pounder, Campanopetra
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6037. "Clay loom weight or pounder, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Solid cylindrical object of orange, sandy, micaceous clay with a beige slip, with a central hole, possibly a loom weight or a pounder. Modelled; diameter 4.4 cm, H. 3.2 cm. Found in Campanopetra, square K IV/κ8. Inventory Po_0548; negative 04901_03; 7 October 1970.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra carre : K IV/κ8 inv objet : Po_0548 negatif : 04901_03 objet : Peson ou pilon? Cylindre plein, peson? Pilon? Trou central. Argile orangé, sableuse, micacée avec engobe beigeasse. Modelé. Diam. 4,4, H. 3,2

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