Object card·SAL_3638·1968

Hollow-bodied animal figurine head, area south of the rampart

Hollow-bodied animal figurine head, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3638. "Hollow-bodied animal figurine head, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Figurine without mould, a horned quadruped with a fragmentary hollow-modelled body, dark brown fabric, surface largely blackened (perhaps). Complete animal head, H. 3.6 cm; H. preserved of body 7.6 cm; incised eyes, mouth, right nostril and beard, with a trace of dark red paint near the upper break; square K VI/γ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis; inventory Tc_1086; 10 September 1968.

French, as on the record

support fragmentaire. Pâte brun foncé support modelé creux. H. tête 3,6 surface noircie en grande partie (?) Tête animale complète H. cons. support 7,6. La tête n'est pas rapportée, mais modelée à partir de son support (aurait-elle fait office de tenon ?). Les incisions sont profondes pour le contour des yeux et la moitié gauche de la bouche, superficielles pour la narine droite et les stries de la barbiche. dessin : D_0419 diapositives : C_3477 inv objet : Tc_1086 inv tessons : Tc_1086 negatif : 00552_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0312_p_0081 trace infime de peinture rouge sombre près de la cassure supérieure éléments incisés : yeux, bouche, narine droite, barbiche. Tête modelée pleine chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_18 carre : K VI/γ4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage forme : Quadrupèdes type :Animaux caracterique : Quadrupèdes cornus

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