Object card·SAL_2666·1967

Limestone head of a bearded man with child, Campanopetra

Limestone head of a bearded man with child, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2666. "Limestone head of a bearded man with child, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Head of a bearded man with a small child, the man wearing a flat turban, thin lips shaping a smile, square-cut beard, slanted eyes and flattened nose; the child, with round shaved head, is pressed against the man's face with ear visible and arms folded in front, hands joined on the chest. Limestone, with traces of red paint on the lips of both figures and on the child's body. H. 4.6, W. 5. Square K IV/ε8, Campanopetra, Salamis; inventory Sc_0094; 11 September 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra objet : Figurine type :Tête masculine carre : K IV/ε8 Tête de personnage barbu et petit enfant, homme coiffé d'un turban plat, lèvres minces esquissant un sourire, barbe coupée carrée, yeux bridés, nez aplati. L'enfant est collé contre le visage de l'homme, tête ronde, rasée, on voit l'oreille droit, bras repliés par devant, mains jointes sur la poitrine. En calcaire, avec des traces de peinture rouge sur les lèvres des deux personnages et sur le corps de l'enfant. H. 4,6, l. 5 diapositives : C_0558 diapositives : C_0403 diapositives : C_0557 inv objet : Sc_0094 negatif : 00383 negatif : 02282_01 negatif : 02282_02 negatif : 02314_01 negatif : 02282_01

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