Object card·SAL_1889·1967

Terracotta horse figurine head and neck, Salamis

Terracotta horse figurine head and neck, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1889. "Terracotta horse figurine head and neck, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a solid-modelled terracotta horse figurine, preserving the head and neck, with applied mane tuft and harness pieces; the nostrils, mouth, eyes and ears are incised. H. 4.6 cm. The ears are broken, the lip is damaged and the yoke is broken on the left; pink fabric with well-preserved white slip. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis; inventory Tc_0488; negatives 01965_03 and 02303_04; slide C_0384; 31 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_15 carre : K VI/γ3 objet : Figurine sans Moulage caracterique : Chevaux forme : Quadrupèdes type :Animaux Fragment : tête et cou éléments rapportés : toupet de crinière, pièces du harnais éléments incisés : naseaux, bouche, yeux, oreilles. Modelé plein. H. 4,6. oreilles brisées, lippe endommagée, joug cassé à gauche. Pâte rose + engobe blanc bien conservé diapositives : C_0384 inv objet : Tc_0488 inv tessons : Tc_0488 negatif : 01965_03 negatif : 02303_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0250_p_0068

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