Object card·SAL_4100·1968

Wheeled figurine fragment with head and torso, Salamis

Wheeled figurine fragment with head and torso, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4100. "Wheeled figurine fragment with head and torso, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for a wheeled figurine of a male figure from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4, Salamis, Cyprus. The fragment comprises the head (nose and chin broken), the right half of the torso and the start of the right arm; the axle of the wheels passes directly through the base, part of the central hole is preserved, and the fabric is light grey with a slip of the same tint. Applied ears and hairband edge, full modelling, circular hole pierced in the torso, H. 8.2 cm. Inventory Tc_1413; 21 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart 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 une partie du trou central conservée. Pâte gris clair + engobe de même teinte dessin : D_0350 diapositives : C_4061 inv objet : Tc_1413 inv tessons : Tc_1413 negatif : 00645_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0586_p_0156 Fragment comprenant la tête (nez et menton brisés), la moitié droite du torse et le départ du bras droit éléments rapportés : oreilles, bord de la coiffe. Modelé plein. Trou circulaire percé dans le torse. H. 8,2.

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