Amphora stopper made from a knob-base amphora end, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6339. "Amphora stopper made from a knob-base amphora end, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Stopper for an amphora, made from the knobbed end of an amphora, roughly truncated-conical in form. Terracotta with a beige-greenish fabric containing grits; wheel-made, with wheel marks on the worn upper part, a hollow at the centre and folds in the clay. Diam. 5.2, diam. 3.7, H. 3 (cm). area south of the rampart, Salamis, square K VI/β5; inventory Po_0588; 24 September 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
objet : Bouchon
Bouchon d'amphore fait d'une extrémité d'amphore à bouton, forme grossièrement tronconique. Terre cuite, pâte beige verdâtre avec graviers. Fait au tour (traces sur la partie supérieure usée, creux au centre et plis de l'argile). Diam. 5,2, diam. 3,7, H. 3
carre : K VI/β5
inv objet : Po_0588
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