Object card·SAL_4631·1969

Limestone rhyton with ram's head, Campanopetra

Limestone rhyton with ram's head, Campanopetra
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4631. "Limestone rhyton with ram's head, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Arm holding a rhyton with a ram's head, with a band of fabric on the wrist and a conch-shaped hand holding the vessel, which rises in the curve of the arm. Soft limestone, back poorly worked, apparently cut with large chisel blows. L. 15.5, l. 8.2. Found in square L IV/δ7 at Campanopetra, Salamis; inventory Sc_0131; 24 April 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra objet : Animal carre : L IV/δ7 Bras tenant un rython à tête de bélier, bande de tissu sur le poignet, main en conque pour tenir le vase qui monte dans la courbe du bras. Calcaire tendre, arrière mal travaillé, semble avoir été taillé à grands coups de ciseau. L. 15,5, l. 8,2 diapositives : C_4635 inv objet : Sc_0131 negatif : 00931_03 negatif : 00931_02 type :Rython tête de bélier

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