Object card·SAL_3536·1968

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, Salamis, square K VI/γ4

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, Salamis, square K VI/γ4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3536. "Wheeled figurine of a male figure, Salamis, square K VI/γ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Figurine without mould, type of wheeled figurines, with the axle of the wheels passing directly through the base of the figurine; male figure. Incomplete: the chin, arms and lower half of the body are missing (the body is broken at the level of the central hole, which is half preserved); nose damaged. Red fabric with well-preserved cream slip. Solid modelling. Circular hole pierced through the torso. H. 6.2 cm. Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4; slide C_3375, negative 00518_02; object inventory Tc_1039; 9 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Les figurines à roulettes forme : L'axe des roulettes traverse directement la base de la figurine caracterique : Les personnages masculins Incomplet : manquent le menton, les bras et la moitié inférieure du corps (lequel est cassé à hauteur du trou central, conservé à demi) diapositives : C_3375 inv objet : Tc_1039 inv tessons : Tc_1039 negatif : 00518_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0582_p_0155 nez endommagé. Pâte rouge + engobe crème bien conservé. Modelé plein. Trou circulaire percé dans le torse. H. 6,2.

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