Object card·SAL_8107·1974

Possible thymiaterion, unfinished marble block, Huilerie

Possible thymiaterion, unfinished marble block, Huilerie
Object card: 1974. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_8107. "Possible thymiaterion, unfinished marble block, Huilerie". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Possible thymiaterion: a square-based rectangular block with tool marks on the top and a slight hollow, with no horns or decoration on the edges. Faces moulded with flat bands; unfinished. Local white marble. L. 12, l. 12, H. 10.5. Found in the Huilerie sector, Salamis; inventory Po_1003; 19 June 1974.

French, as on the record

carre : I III/ε6 inv objet : Po_1003 objet : Thymiatérion? Thymiatérion? Parallélépipède à base carrée, traces d'outils au sommet, légère dépression, sans corne ni décor sur les bords. Faces moulurées, bandeaux plats. Non terminé. Marbre blanc local. L. 12, l. 12, H. 10,5 chantier : Huilerie

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