Drawing·SAL_DES_139635_D_0006·1966

Ivory cylindrical boxes, drawing SAL_DES_139635_D_0006

Ivory cylindrical boxes, drawing SAL_DES_139635_D_0006
Drawing: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_DES_139635_D_0006. "Ivory cylindrical boxes, drawing SAL_DES_139635_D_0006". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Drawing SAL_DES_139635_D_0006

English, translated from the French record

Ivory cylindrical box, incomplete, base and lid missing, repaired with glue: H. 2.5 cm; ø 2.7 cm; wall thickness 0.5 cm. Similar to Sal_2708a and b, but the inner wall of the box is cut at the top and bottom to form two right-angled steps. Two ivory fragments from the body of a box, incomplete: H. 2.2 cm, wall thickness 0.35 cm; H. 2.3 cm, wall thickness 0.4 cm. The cylindrical body fragment shows right-angled steps cut at top and bottom to take the inserted parts, while the inner wall is left rough in the central part. The second fragment is similar to Sal_2714b. Date: 1966.

French, as on the record

Os ivoirin ; incomplète, le fond et le couvercle manquent ; recollée. H. : 2,5 ; ø :2,7 ; ép. paroi : 0,5. Boîte cylindrique semblable à Sal_2708a et b. Mais la paroi intérieure de la boîte est taillée en haut et en bas de façon à former deux décrochements à angles droits. // Os ivoirin ; incomplète, fragment du corps d’une boîte. H. : 2,2 ; ép. paroi : 0,35. Le fragment du corps cylindrique montre bien des décrochements taillés en angle droit en haut et en bas, pour permettre l’insertion des parties rapportées; dans la partie centrale, la paroi intérieure est laissée brute. // Os ivoirin ; incomplète, fragment du corps d’une boîte. H. : 2,3 ; ép. paroi : 0,4. Fragment semblable à Sal_2714b.

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