Object card·SAL_2736·1967

Head and neck of a grotesque figurine, Campanopetra

Head and neck of a grotesque figurine, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2736. "Head and neck of a grotesque figurine, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a grotesque figurine, head and neck, with red and black paint; the top of the head is damaged and the clay is greenish. Features (eyebrows, eyes, lips and a band on the nape, perhaps) are applied as pellets and strips of clay; full modelling, H. 7 cm. Square K IV/ε9, Campanopetra, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_0915; negatives 02272_01, 02272_02, 02272_03 and 02271_06; 20 September 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_28 carre : K IV/ε9 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Personnages Fragment : tête et cou forme : Grotesques peintures rouge et noire sommet de la tête endommagé. Pâte verdâtre éléments rapportés : sourcils, yeux, lèvres, bande sur la nuque (?). Modelé plein. H. 7. Sur cette figurine étrange, les traits sont exceptionnellement rendus par des pastilles et des languettes de terre rapportées. dessin : D_0344 diapositives : C_2601 inv objet : Tc_0915 inv tessons : Tc_0915 negatif : 02272_01 negatif : 02272_02 negatif : 02272_03 negatif : 02271_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0556_p_0141

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