Object card·SAL_1826·1967

Figurine of a bird, south of the rampart

Figurine of a bird, south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1826. "Figurine of a bird, south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Unmoulded figurine of a bird (type: animals; characteristic: doves), pink fabric with grey-white slip, solid modelling, broken tail to the left, H. 5.2 cm, caught in full movement and particularly expressive; incomplete, the beak, the tip of the right wing and the base of the foot are missing. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ2, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Tc_0440; 30 March 1967. Drawing D_0402, slide C_1741, negative 01985_01, plate PL_20.

French, as on the record

queue brisée à gauche. Pâte rose + engobe blanc gris. Modelé plein. H. 5,2. Cet oiseau de petite taille, saisi en plein mouvement, est particulièrement expressif. dessin : D_0402 diapositives : C_1741 Incomplet : manquent le bec, le bout de l'aile droite et la base du pied inv objet : Tc_0440 inv tessons : Tc_0440 negatif : 01985_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0372_p_0094 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_20 carre : K VI/δ2 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Animaux caracterique : Les colombes forme : Les oiseaux

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