Object card·SAL_3900·1968

Terracotta horse figurine fragment, area south of the rampart

Terracotta horse figurine fragment, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3900. "Terracotta horse figurine fragment, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Figurine without mould, fragment of a horse: body with the start of the legs, tail broken, surface of the back torn away along its entire length. Pale ochre fabric with green core and beige slip, black paint turned brown and very faded; solid modelling. L. 11. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Tc_1254; slide C_3806; negative 00605_01; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

caracterique : Chevaux forme : Quadrupèdes type :Animaux queue brisée Fragment de cheval : corps avec le départ des pattes surface du dos arrachée sur toute sa longueur. Pâte ocre pâle à cœur vert + engobe beige diapositives : C_3806 inv objet : Tc_1254 inv tessons : Tc_1254 negatif : 00605_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0211_p_0052 peinture noire qui a viré au brun, très effacée. Modelé plein. L. 11. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage

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