Object card·SAL_7098·1972

Conical clay spindle whorl, Sanctuary, Salamis

Conical clay spindle whorl, Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7098. "Conical clay spindle whorl, Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Conical spindle whorl with a flat base, made of beige clay, poorly fired and partly burnt, solid modelling. Diameter 3.8 cm, height 1.7 cm. Found in the Sanctuary sector, square K V/ζ6 (3), Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0780; 29 August 1972.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire carre : K V/ζ6 (3) Fusaiole conique à base plane. Terre cuite, argile beige mal cuite, en partie brûlée, modelé plein. Diam. 3,8, H. 1,7 inv objet : Po_0780 negatif : 06459_06 negatif : 06460_01 negatif : 06459_05 objet : Fusaiole

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