Plummet in lead, truncated cone, hollow at the base for a depth of 1-2 cm. Apical hole missing due to abrasion (1).
The artefact does not present signs of biological colonisation.
1 See. KAPITÄN 1961, p. 305, fig. 1 1; CHARLIN ET AL. 1978, pp. 51 ff.., figs. 25-26. For the plummet in ancient sources, see FOERSTER – PASCUAL 1967, p. 58.
REFERENCES
Charlin G., Gassend J.M., Lequément R. 1978, L’épave antique de la baie de Cavalière (Le Lavandou, Var), in Archaeonautica 2, pp. 9-93.
Foerster F., Pascual Guash R. 1967, La nave de “Sa Nau Perduda”, in Forma Maris Antiqui VII, 1967-1971, pp. 45-78.
Kapitän G. 1961, Esplorazioni su alcuni carichi di marmo e pezzi architettonici davanti alle coste della Sicilia Orientale, Actes du IIIème Congrès international d’archeologie sous-marine, Barcelona 1961, Bordighera 1971, pp. 296-309.