Hand-made clay duck figurine, Zone south of rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4505. "Hand-made clay duck figurine, Zone south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card for figurine SAL_4505, a hand-made duck of red clay with traces of a cream slip, complete but with the tail broken on the right; red paint very faded and the modelling folded. Three small holes pierced in the sides and tail; H. 3.9 cm, L. 10.9 cm. The tail resembles a fish's tail rather than a duck's. Square K VI/δ3, area south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus; plate PL_21, notebook page 43, slide C_4496, negatives 00790_01, 00883_05, 00901_01, 00901_02, 00787_06. Inventory Tc_1683; 3 October 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_21
carre : K VI/δ3
objet : Figurine sans Moulage
type :Animaux
Complet
forme : Les oiseaux
caracterique : Les canards
peinture rouge très effacée. Modelé plié
3 petits trous percés dans les flancs et la queue. H. 3,9
queue brisée à droite. Pâte rouge + restes d'un engobe crème
diapositives : C_4496
inv objet : Tc_1683
inv tessons : Tc_1683
negatif : 00790_01
negatif : 00883_05
negatif : 00901_01
negatif : 00901_02
negatif : 00787_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0394_p_0097
L. 10,9. La queue de ce canard ressemble plutôt à une queue de poisson.
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