Object card·SAL_3713·1968

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, square K VI/β4

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, square K VI/β4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3713. "Wheeled figurine of a male figure, square K VI/β4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Unmoulded figurine of the wheeled type, with the axle of the wheels passing directly through the base; a male figure, made of red fabric with a well-preserved cream slip, solid modelling and a circular hole pierced through the torso. Broken at the torso exactly at the horizontal diameter of the central hole, nose and chin broken, and incomplete: right ear, arms and lower half of the body missing. H. 6.3 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/β4. Inventory Tc_1140; 11 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_29 carre : K VI/β4 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 torse cassé exactement au diamètre horizontal du trou central. Pâte rouge + engobe crème bien conservé. Modelé plein. Trou circulaire percé dans le torse. H. 6,3. nez et menton brisés diapositives : C_3551 inv objet : Tc_1140 inv tessons : Tc_1140 negatif : 00567_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0591_p_0157 Incomplet : manquent l'oreille droite, les bras, la moitié inférieure du corps

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