Object card·SAL_6335·1968

Amphora handle with incised horizontal marks, Temple of Zeus

Amphora handle with incised horizontal marks, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6335. "Amphora handle with incised horizontal marks, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Handle of an amphora marked with ten horizontal incised lines at the base of the handle, in very micaceous red-brown clay with dark red paint (a vertical band on the handle). The incisions were made after firing; 2.2 x 3.6. Inventory A_0196; Temple of Zeus, square E VI/α4, Salamis, Cyprus; 26 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus objet : Anse carre : E VI/α4 inv objet : A_0196 Anse d'amphore marquée de dix traits horizontaux incisées, à la base de l'anse. Argile brun-rouge très micacée avec peinture rouge sombre (une bande verticale sur l'anse). Incisions faites après cuisson. 2,2 x 3,6

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