Object card·SAL_2949·1967

Bronze bird in flight pendant, Campanopetra

Bronze bird in flight pendant, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2949. "Bronze bird in flight pendant, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bronze bird in flight, incomplete, one wing broken; inventory B_0106, object card SAL_2949. Head very small and stretched forward, wings spread, broad fan-shaped tail, body well rounded; a series of incisions on the back shows the feathers, and two small circular holes pierce the wings for suspension. L. 3.6 cm, l. 2.8 cm, ép. 1.5 cm; gilded bronze. Found with lamps of type XIX (Sal. 2952-2953) and tile fragments. Square K V/γ3, Campanopetra sector, Salamis, Cyprus; negative 00223, drawing D_3349, slides C_2808, plates PL_13 and PL_60. 9 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_13 carre : K V/γ3 num planche : PL_60 forme : Accessoires divers en bronze type :Bronze negatif : 00223 l. : 2,8 ép. : 1,5. — Oiseau en vol dessin : D_3349 diapositives : C_2808 inv objet : B_0106 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0115_p_0040 incomplet, l’une des ailes est brisée. L. : 3,6 la tête, très petite, est tendue en avant, les ailes sont déployées, la large queue est en éventail, le corps est bien renflé. Sur le dos de l’oiseau, une série d’incisions figure les plumes. Les ailes sont percées de deux petits trous circulaires qui permettent de suspendre l’oiseau. — Trouvé avec des lampes du type XIX (Sal. 2952-2953) et des débris de tuiles. — Bronze doré

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