Terracotta dove figurine, Salamis, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4115. "Terracotta dove figurine, Salamis, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Unmoulded terracotta figurine of a dove, painted red with solid modelling, H. 5.7 cm; the tail is broken and the wings are missing, and the base is damaged. Red fabric with a beige slip. The absence of a beak is due to the modeller's clumsiness: once the head was shaped, the clay was folded back on itself underneath instead of being drawn out to form the beak. Square K VI/β4, area south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_1423; slide C_4076; negative 00649_05; plate PL_20. 23 September 1968.
French, as on the record
carre : K VI/β4
objet : Figurine sans Moulage
type :Animaux
caracterique : Les colombes
forme : Les oiseaux
queue brisée
Incomplet : manquent les ailes
diapositives : C_4076
inv objet : Tc_1423
inv tessons : Tc_1423
negatif : 00649_05
pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0363_p_0093
peinture rouge. Modelé plein. H. 5,7. L'absence de bec, pour ainsi dire, vient de la maladresse du modeleur : une fois la tête façonnée, la pâte a été rabattue sur elle-même par-dessous, au lieu d'être étirée pour former le bec.
pied endommagé à la base. Pâte rouge + engobe beige
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_20
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