Object card·SAL_3715·1968

Lion protome figurine with red paint, Salamis

Lion protome figurine with red paint, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3715. "Lion protome figurine with red paint, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Animal protome figurine (lions), unmoulded and complete, with a chip on the upper edge on the left side. Pale green fabric with greyish beige slip; red paint still bright, with incised elements, eyes, nostrils, brow ridges and incised decoration over the whole face; ears applied; folded modelling; H. 10.3 cm, max. l. 6.8 cm. Salamis, south of the rampart, square K VI/β4. Inventory Tc_1143; 11 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_22 carre : K VI/β4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Animaux forme : Promotés d'animaux Complet caracterique : Les promotés de lions dessin : D_0354 diapositives : C_3553 inv objet : Tc_1143 inv tessons : Tc_1142 negatif : 03882_01 negatif : 00567_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0430_p_0103 éclat au bord supérieur, côté gauche. Pâte vert pâle + engobe beige gris peinture rouge encore vive, éléments incisés, yeux, narines, arcades sourcilières, décors incisés sur toute la face, oreilles rapportées. Modelé plié, H. 10.3, l. max 6.8.

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