Object card·SAL_6685·1964–1974

Christian marble table with two lobes, Huilerie, Salamis

Christian marble table with two lobes, Huilerie, Salamis
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6685. "Christian marble table with two lobes, Huilerie, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Christian table, white marble of good quality, Archaic period, from the Huilerie sector at Salamis, square I III/ζ3, inventory SAL_6685; drawing D_3087; negative 05848_01. Remains of two lobes and a straight edge, so the table was therefore horseshoe-shaped; H. 0.130 m, full thickness 0.034 m, maximum width 0.135 m, approximate lobe diameter 0.20 m (outside) and 0.168 m (inside), lobe depth c. 0.022 m. The outer wall is vertical and carefully polished; the flat back is carefully polished over a width of 9 cm along the edge and simply smoothed beyond, each lobe is outlined by a shallow groove, and the concave side wall curves slightly inward beneath the rim.

French, as on the record

hauteur 0,130 m épaisseur complète 0,034 diamètre approximatif du lobe : 0,20 m (extérieur) et 0,168 m (intérieur) carre : I III/ζ3 dessin : D_3087 negatif : 05848_01 objet : Table chrétienne pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc2814_p_0035 pub : CAT_04_R0012_p_0170 Marbre blanc de belle qualité. Restes de deux lobes. Bord rectiligne. La table était donc en fer à cheval.Dimensions max. : largeur 0,135 m profondeur du lobe : 0,022 environ. Paroi extérieure verticale, soigneusement polie. Revers plan, soigneusement poli sur une largeur de 9 cm le long du bord, simplement « adouci » au-delà. Chaque lobe est cerné par une gorge peu profonde. La paroi latérale, concave, se creuse légèrement sous le rebord. chantier : Huilerie epoque : Archaïque

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