Object card·SAL_7382·1972

Conical clay spindle whorl, Rampart sector

Conical clay spindle whorl, Rampart sector
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7382. "Conical clay spindle whorl, Rampart sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Conical spindle whorl with a central hole, decorated with three concentric lines on the base and concentric lines over its whole height. Terracotta, orange clay with pale yellow slip, black paint fired to brown-grey. Diam. 4, H. 2.7. Found in the Rampart sector, square K V/ηθ8, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0827; 23 September 1972.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart objet : Fusaïole Fusaïole conique à trou central, décor de trois lignes concentriques sur la base et de lignes concentriques sur toute la hauteur. Terre cuite, argile orangée avec engobe jaune pâle, peinture noire passée au brun-gris. Diam. 4, H. 2,7 carre : K V/ηθ8 inv objet : Po_0827 negatif : 06435_04 negatif : 06435_05 negatif : 06446_02 negatif : 06446_03 negatif : 06446_04 negatif : 06435_03

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