Object card·SAL_4505·1968

Hand-made clay duck figurine, Zone south of rampart

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.

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English, translated from the French record

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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