Object card·SAL_7455·1972

Flat pyramidal granite loom weight, Sanctuary, Salamis

Flat pyramidal granite loom weight, Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7455. "Flat pyramidal granite loom weight, Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Flat pyramidal loom weight (peson) of granite, with the top and base thinned to a ridge and a small circular hole near the top. It was shaped, then reworked to serve as a loom weight; measures 2.3 x 5.5 cm. Sanctuary sector, square K V/η6 (3)-θ6 (4), Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0838; 25 September 1972.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire objet : Peson Peson pyramidal plat, sommet et base amincis en arête, près du sommet, petit trou circulaire. En granit, taillé puis retaillé pour servir comme peson. 2,3 x 5,5 carre : K V/η6 (3)-θ6 (4) inv objet : Po_0838 negatif : 06469_03

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