Object card·SAL_3473·1968

Figurine of a horned figure, head and neck fragment

Figurine of a horned figure, head and neck fragment
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3473. "Figurine of a horned figure, head and neck fragment". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Unmoulded figurine of the horned figure type, with broken chin; pink fabric with cream slip, full modelling. H. 4.2 cm. The head, absolutely vertical, appears fitted onto the neck, which instead lies horizontally, perpendicular to it; perhaps a centaur, otherwise possibly a vessel ornament. Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4. Inventory Tc_1012; 6 September 1968.

French, as on the record

dessin : D_0326 diapositives : C_3312 inv objet : Tc_1012 inv tessons : Tc_1012 negatif : 00442_05 negatif : 00442_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0561_p_0142 menton brisé. Pâte rose + engobe crème. Modelé plein. H. 4,2. La tête, absolument verticale, est comme emmanchée sur le cou qui se présente, au contraire, à l'horizontale, donc perpendiculairement à celle-ci. Cette position de la tête par rapport au cou amène à supposer que cette figurine est peut-être un centaure . Sinon, seule autre hypothèse possible : il s'agirait d'un ornement de vase. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_28 carre : K VI/γ4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Personnages Fragment : tête et cou forme : Personnages cornus

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