Object card·SAL_7583·1973

Circular plaster bread seal with inscription, Temple of Zeus

Circular plaster bread seal with inscription, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7583. "Circular plaster bread seal with inscription, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Circular plaster bread seal bearing an inscription between the rim and the circle bounding the central decoration, with a cross on one face; nearly half of the seal is missing. Diameter 8.8 cm, H.L. 1 cm, thickness 2.5 cm. Early Christian period; from square E VII/ζ7 in the Temple of Zeus sector of Salamis. Inventory E_0176; Po_0862; 8 June 1973.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus carre : E VII/ζ7 epoque : Époque paléochrétienne diam. : 8,8 cm h.l. : 1 cm. inscription entre le bord et le cercle limitant le décor central Sceau à pain circulaire en plâtre inv objet : E_0176 inv objet : Po_0862 negatif : 06617_01 negatif : 06659_01 negatif : 06660_05 negatif : 06660_06 negatif : 06616_06 objet : Inscriptions de Constantia pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0229_p_0085 type :Objets divers ép. : 2,5 cm. Il manque près de la moitié du sceau. Décor central (croix) sur une des faces

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