Object card·SAL_4113·1968

Wheeled figurine of a quadruped, Salamis

Wheeled figurine of a quadruped, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4113. "Wheeled figurine of a quadruped, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a wheeled figurine of a quadruped, lacking the entire forepart; the left hind leg is broken. Red-brown fabric with traces of a beige-white slip, hollow modelling; the axle hole passes through the base that supports the figure. H. 5.5 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Tc_1421; 23 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_30 carre : K VI/β4 forme : L'axe des roulettes traverse un socle qui supporte la figurine caracterique : Groupes de chars objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Les figurines à roulettes patte postérieure gauche brisée. Pâte brun rouge + restes d'un engobe blanc beige. Modelé creux Fragment : quadrupède dont manque tout l'avant-train diapositives : C_4074 inv objet : Tc_1421 inv tessons : Tc_1421 negatif : 00649_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0606_p_0164 trou axial passant dans le « pied » qui se confond avec la partie du socle correspondante. H. 5,5.

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