Object card·SAL_4076·1968

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, area south of the rampart

Wheeled figurine of a male figure, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4076. "Wheeled figurine of a male figure, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Figurine without mould, wheeled type, from Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/β5. The axle of the wheels passes directly through the base of the figurine; male figure. Height 8.8 cm. Fragment at the base; pink fabric with a beige core and white slip. Arms broken; circular hole pierced through the torso; surface stained green; solid modelling; base pierced horizontally right through. Incomplete: head, neck and upper torso missing, the torso broken at the upper arc of the central hole. Inventory Tc_1398; 20 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/β5 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 éclat à la base. Pâte rose à cœur beige + engobe blanc bras brisés trou circulaire percé dans le torse. H. 8,8. diapositives : C_4038 inv objet : Tc_1398 inv tessons : Tc_1398 negatif : 00640_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0595_p_0157 surface entachée de vert. Modelé plein. Base percée horizontalement de part en part Incomplet : manquent tête et cou, et la partie supérieure du torse (qui est cassé au niveau de l'arc de cercle supérieur du trou central)

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