Object card·SAL_4240·1968

Wheeled figurine base fragment with animal legs and human feet, Salamis

Wheeled figurine base fragment with animal legs and human feet, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4240. "Wheeled figurine base fragment with animal legs and human feet, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the front part of a base for a wheeled figurine, carrying animal legs and human feet side by side; the base is pierced for an axle that passes through it. Incised decoration, solid modelling; traces of red and black paint, the red very faded and the black poorly preserved. Buff paste with a beige-yellow slip. H. 6.4 cm; l. (total?) 4.8 cm. Sector: area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1514; 25 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart 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 socle percé pour le passage d'un axe. H. 6,4 x l. (totale ?) 4,8. éléments incisés : pattes animales et pieds humains. Modelé plein dessin : D_0362 diapositives : C_4205 inv objet : Tc_1514 inv tessons : Tc_1514 negatif : 00681_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0605_p_0163 peinture rouge très effacée, peinture noire mal conservée également Fragment : partie antérieure d'un socle portant des pattes d'animal et des pieds d'homme côte à côte. Pâte chamois + engobe beige jaune

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