Object card·SAL_6834·1971

Snail-shaped spinning top, Huilerie, Salamis

Snail-shaped spinning top, Huilerie, Salamis
Object card: 1971. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6834. "Snail-shaped spinning top, Huilerie, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Snail-shaped spinning top with three spirals, with a central hole left for a vertical polished limestone axis. H. 5 cm, ø 4.3 cm. Huilerie sector, square I III/α5, Salamis. Inventory Po_0687; 2 October 1971.

French, as on the record

negatif : 05876_02 negatif : 05876_03 negatif : 05876_01 objet : Toupie en escargot Toupie en escargot (trois spirales), trou central réservé pour le passage d'un axe vertical en calcaire poli. H. 5, diam. 4,3, chantier : Huilerie carre : I III/α5 inv objet : Po_0687

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