Object card·SAL_3010·1967

Lion's head, Campanopetra, object Sc_0101

Lion's head, Campanopetra, object Sc_0101
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3010. "Lion's head, Campanopetra, object Sc_0101". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lion's head with a giant grimacing mouth, teeth clenched against the lower line (seven wide, adjoining teeth like ivory keys), flat nose, swollen muzzle and lower eyelids forming a rim. Limestone; H. 8.9, W. 10.2 (cm). Found in Campanopetra, square L IV/α10, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Sc_0101; 13 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra objet : Animal carre : L IV/α10 diapositives : C_2866 inv objet : Sc_0101 negatif : 04951_01 negatif : 04952_05 negatif : 04952_06 negatif : 02348_04 type :Tête de lion Tête de lion, gueule géante et grimaçante, dents serrées contre la ligne inférieure (sept dents larges et jouxtées comme des touches d'ivoires), nez épaté, mufle renflé, paupières inférieures formant un bourrelet. En calcaire. H. 8,9, l. 10,2

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