Black stone loom weight or spindle whorl, Sanctuary
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7249. "Black stone loom weight or spindle whorl, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Possibly a loom weight or spindle whorl, a slice of cylinder with a central hole, flat faces and convex edges, in black stone, perhaps heavy. Diam. 2.6 cm, H. 1.6 cm. Sanctuary sector, Salamis, Cyprus, square K V/ζ6 (2-3); inventory Po_0810; negatives 06374_01 and 06373_06; 14 September 1972.
French, as on the record
chantier : Sanctuaire
carre : K V/ζ6 (2-3)
inv objet : Po_0810
negatif : 06374_01
negatif : 06373_06
objet : Peson? ou fusaïole?
Peson? Fusaïole? Tranche de cylindre à trou central (faces planes, bords convexes). Pierre noire, lourde? Diam. 2,6, H. 1,6
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