Object card·SAL_7742·1973

Pear-shaped pounder from the Sanctuary, Salamis

Pear-shaped pounder from the Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7742. "Pear-shaped pounder from the Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Pear-shaped pounder of grey-blue stone, with one flat face and one irregularly convex face, and one truncated end, unpolished and worn through use; the other end was also used. The flat face is polished with a smoothing stone. W. 11.3, H. 17.2 (cm). Sanctuary, square K V/η7 (1), Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0921; negatives 06798_05 and 06798_04; 24 August 1973.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire objet : Pilon carre : K V/η7 (1) inv objet : Po_0921 negatif : 06798_05 negatif : 06798_04 Pilon piriforme, une face plane, une face irrégulièrement convexe, une extrémité tronquée, non polie (usure), l'autre a également été utilisée. La face plane polie avec un lissoir. Pierre gris-bleu. l. 11,3, H. 17,2

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