Object card·SAL_6492·1969

Stone pestle from the Sanctuary, Salamis

Stone pestle from the Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6492. "Stone pestle from the Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Pestle (pilon) of natural pebble stone, rectangular parallelepiped in form with blunted corners and edges, each face with a slight central depression, deeper on two opposite faces; very hard blue-grey stone, complete height 8 cm, side 4 cm. Found in a Geometric I level, square K V/ζ6 (2), Sanctuary, Salamis. Inventory Po_0636; 30 September 1969.

French, as on the record

carre : K V/ζ6 (2) complet. H. : 8 côté : 4. — En forme de parallélépipède rectangle, aux angles et aux arêtes émoussés. Toutes les faces présentent de légères dépressions centrales, plus marquées sur les deux faces opposées. — Trouvé dans un niveau du Géométrique I. forme : Pierres naturelles, galets inv objet : Po_0636 negatif : 05571_03 negatif : 05571_04 negatif : 05571_05 negatif : 05577_01 negatif : 05577_02 negatif : 05571_02 num planche : PL_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0035_p_0022 type :PILONS — Pierre très dure, gris bleu chantier : Sanctuaire

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