Object card·SAL_8108·1974

Marble basin with rounded lug, Temple of Zeus

Marble basin with rounded lug, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1974. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_8108. "Marble basin with rounded lug, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Basin with convex, outward-splaying sides, thick walls, a flat rim and a rounded lug extending from the rim; the lug is decorated with two symmetrical series of semicircles around a central groove. Calcined white marble; L. 6, l. 8, H. 12.5. Found in square E VII/β7, Temple of Zeus, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_1004; 14 June 1974.

French, as on the record

Vasque à bords convexes divergents, parois épaisses, lèvre plate, tenon arrondi, dans le prolongement de la lèvre. Sur le tenon, décor de deux séries de demi-cercles symétriques à un sillon central. Marbre blanc calciné. L. 6, l. 8, H. 12,5 carre : E VII/β7 inv objet : Po_1004 objet : Vasque chantier : Temple de Zeus

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