Object card·SAL_2931·1967

Male statuette in soft limestone, Campanopetra, square K V/ζ1

Male statuette in soft limestone, Campanopetra, square K V/ζ1
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2931. "Male statuette in soft limestone, Campanopetra, square K V/ζ1". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Male statuette in an archaic style, wearing a truncated conical cap with a trapezoidal central band that covers the ears, with hair showing at the nape, mid-length, eyes closed, straight slightly broad nose, thin-lipped mouth suggesting a smile, fairly square chin, short thick neck, broad shoulders and arms close to the body. A band of cloth widening across the chest from the left shoulder; the back is not modelled. Soft limestone, with traces of red paint on the cap, lips and garment. H. 6.4, l. 4.6. Inventory Sc_0096; Salamis, Campanopetra, square K V/ζ1; 6 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra type :Masculin objet : Statuette carre : K V/ζ1 negatif : 00255 Statuette masculine, style archaïque, personnage coiffé d'un bonnet tronconique à bande centrale trapézoïdale, bonnet qui cache les oreilles, les cheveux dépassent sur la nuque, mi-longs, yeux fermés, nez droit un peu épaté, bouche aux lèvres minces esquissant un sourire, menton assez carré, cou court et fort, épaules larges, bras collées au corps. En travers du torse depuis l'épaule gauche, une bande de tissu allant s'élarissant. Le revers n'est pas modelé. En calcaire tendre, avec des traces de peinture rouge sur le bonnet, sur les lèvres et sur le vêtement. H. 6,4, l. 4,6 diapositives : C_0503 inv objet : Sc_0096 negatif : 02368_02 negatif : 02385_03 negatif : 02385_04 negatif : 02392_05 negatif : 02368_01

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