10749
Title Of Article Chaper
A metrological relief from Salamis
Title Of Journal Book
American journal of archaeology
Volume
94
Issue
3
Pages
445-451
Collation
3 figs.
ISSN
0002-9114
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
At the apsis of a small church of Salamis, Cyprus, a metrological relief showing units of measure has been recognized by the author. In addition to a rule, it shows a foot, a cubit, a hand, an arm, and part of a head. Two different units of length were identified: 0.322 m and 0.301 m. This is the second relief of its kind to have been identified; the other is now at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Keywords
Cyprus (Salamis);hand;head;length; Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, England); measuring;relief
pub_id
10749