Drawing·SAL_DES_139635_D_0001·1966

Marble pestle in the form of a bent finger, Sondage Z

Marble pestle in the form of a bent finger, Sondage Z
Drawing: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_DES_139635_D_0001. "Marble pestle in the form of a bent finger, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Drawing SAL_DES_139635_D_0001

English, translated from the French record

Small marble pestle in the form of a finger bent at a right angle, white marble, complete, with the active face worn; H. 6.6 cm, l. 5 cm. The nail and the folds of the first phalanx are rendered realistically, and the convex active face is polished and worn. Found in the debris with lamps of type X (1st-2nd century AD, Sal. 814), type XI (1st-2nd century AD, Sal. 816 and 815) and type XIV (1st-3rd century AD, Sal. 817), square K V/α9, Sondage Z, Salamis. Inventory SAL_DES_139635_D_0001; 14 April 1966.

French, as on the record

Petits objets - Pilon - Pilons en forme de doigt - Marbre blanc ; complet, face active usée. H. : 6,6 ; 1. : 5. En forme de doigt plié en angle droit; l'ongle et les plis de la première phalange sont représentés avec réalisme. La face active de l’instrument, convexe, est polie et usée. Trouvé dans le déblai avec des lampes du type X (Ier-IIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 814), du type XI (Ier-IIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 816 et 815, et du type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 817

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