Object card·SAL_7893·1974

Marble pestle fragment, Salamis

Marble pestle fragment, Salamis
Object card: 1974. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7893. "Marble pestle fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Pestle, surviving as a truncated conical fragment with a rounded use face worn by use. On the sides are traces of the finger impressions where the pestle was held. White marble. H. 8.1, diam. 4.8; inventory Po_0971; square Chambre 18; Salamis, Cyprus; 17 May 1974.

French, as on the record

objet : Pilon carre : Chambre 18 Pilon, reste un fragment tronconique, face d'utilisation arrondie par l'usage. Sur les côtés, traces de l'enfoncement des doigts qui tenaient le pilon. Marbre blanc. H. 8,1, diam. 4,8 inv objet : Po_0971

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