Object card·SAL_2387·1967

Limestone sphinx fragment, rear part, Salamis

Limestone sphinx fragment, rear part, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2387. "Limestone sphinx fragment, rear part, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Rear part of a seated sphinx in limestone, with a fragment of plinth under the left paw and the tail raised over the back and forming a knot; fire-cut mark on the back. H. 6, L. 8, l. 6.2. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Sc_0059; 10 April 1967.

French, as on the record

negatif : 00186 negatif : 00196 diapositives : C_2270 inv objet : Sc_0059 negatif : 00184 negatif : 02063_01 negatif : 04955_01 negatif : 04955_02 negatif : 04955_03 negatif : 02062_06 renvoi SAL : SAL_1303 Arrière train d'un sphinx assis, fragment de plinthe sous la patte gauche, queue relevée sur le dos et formant un nœud. En calcaire, coupe de feu sur le dos. H. 6, L. 8, l. 6,2 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart objet : Animal carre : K VI/γ3 type :Sphinx

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