Object card·SAL_2947·1967

Male head with ram's horns (Baal?), Campanopetra

Male head with ram's horns (Baal?), Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2947. "Male head with ram's horns (Baal?), Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Male head with ram's horns (perhaps Baal), square-faced, with drooping brows, eyes set flush with the head, tightly closed lips with marked corners, and a slightly upturned lower lip; a flat cap reveals half-long hair with a row of tight curls across the forehead, plus a necklace and moustache. Soft limestone, with light incisions on the horns. Necklace and moustache painted in red, with traces of paint also on the hair and the front of the cap. H. 4 cm, l. 3.5 cm. Object card Sc_0098; square K V/ζ1, Campanopetra, Salamis, 9 October 1967.

French, as on the record

diapositives : C_0502 inv objet : Sc_0098 negatif : 00255 negatif : 02367_05 negatif : 02374_01 negatif : 02392_04 negatif : 02367_04 Tête masculine à cornes de bélier (baal?), visage carré, arcades sourcillières tombantes, yeux à fleur de tête, lèvres serrées, aux comissures marquées, la lèvre inférieure se relevant comme en une moue, peu de menton, joue droite bien modelée, personnage coiffé d'une sorte de calotte plate laissant apparaitre derrière les cheveux mi-longs, sur le front, un rang de bouclettes serrées, collier et moustaches. En calcaire tendre. Légères incisions sur les cornes. Collier et moustache dessinés à la peinture rouge, traces de peinture également sur les cheveux et sur le devant de la coiffe. H. 4, l. 3,5 type :Tête masculine Baal? chantier : Campanopétra objet : Figurine carre : K V/ζ1

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