Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3347. "Handmade horse figurine, legs broken, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Unmoulded figurine of a horse, incomplete: the head and neck are missing, the right legs are broken and the surface is heavily eroded. Traces of a rider's right foot remain. Greenish fabric tinged with pink, full of grit and very friable, with a pinkish slip; solid modelling. H. 5.3 cm. area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_0971; 30 August 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/γ3
num planche : PL_12
objet : Figurine sans Moulage
caracterique : Chevaux
forme : Quadrupèdes
type :Animaux
pattes droites brisées
Cheval incomplet : manquent la tête et le cou
diapositives : C_3187
inv objet : Tc_0971
inv tessons : Tc_0971
negatif : 00431_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0193_p_0051
surface toute rongée. Trace du cavalier : pied droit. Pâte verdâtre teintée de rose, pleine de graviers et très délitée + engobe rosé. Modelé plein. H. 5,3.
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