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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