Bearded mould-made figurine head, type Assyrian, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3716. "Bearded mould-made figurine head, type Assyrian, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Head of a standing bearded figurine of the "Assyrian type", mould-made, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/β4. The nose is damaged and the surface heavily worn; green paste with a pale grey slip, black paint traces on the moulded face, top of the head modelled, the back of the head hollowed, and a chip at the middle of the turban; the fragment is broken around the beard to the ears. H. 8.4 cm. Inventory Tc_1142 (object) and Tc_1143 (sherds); 11 September 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_33
negatif : 06398_03
objet : Figurines avec moulage
carre : K VI/β4
type :Personnages barbus de « type assyrien »
caracterique : Tête
forme : Personnages debout
nez abîmé
grande usure. Pâte verte + engobe gris pâle
sommet de la tête modelé. H. 8,4.
traces de peinture noire. Face moulée
tête évidée à l'arrière
éclat en plein milieu du turban
dessin : D_0331
diapositives : C_3554
inv objet : Tc_1142
inv tessons : Tc_1143
negatif : 00567_03
pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0654_p_0177
Fragment : tête au pourtour brisé de la barbe aux oreilles
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