Object card·SAL_7068·1972

Clay loom weight from the Sanctuary, Salamis

Clay loom weight from the Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7068. "Clay loom weight from the Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Loom weight (peson), flat pear-shaped disc, truncated at the top with a longitudinal depression and a circular hole near the top. Both faces smoothed and more or less levelled. Terracotta, grey fabric (SAL_7067). Solid modelling. Diam. 7.2, H. 8.9. Sanctuary, square K V/ζ5 (1-2), Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0767; negative 06280_04; 29 August 1972.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire objet : Peson carre : K V/ζ5 (1-2) Peson (SAL_7067), Galette plate piriforme, tronquée au sommet avec dépression longitudinale, trou circulaire près du sommet. Les deux faces lissées plus ou moins égalisées. Terre cuite, pâte grise (SAL_7067). Modelé plein. Diam. 7,2, H. 8,9 inv objet : Po_0767 negatif : 06280_04

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