Object card·SAL_4767·1969

Bearded grotesque figurine head, Sanctuary, Salamis

Bearded grotesque figurine head, Sanctuary, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4767. "Bearded grotesque figurine head, Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of an unmoulded figurine of a bearded grotesque figure, bare-headed, from the Sanctuary at Salamis, Cyprus, showing the head and the start of the neck. Pale buff fabric with traces of black paint, a chip at the nape, applied ears and long hair, and incised eyebrows, eyes, mouth, beard and hair; modelling is solid; H. 3.4 cm. Inventory Tc_1744; 27 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sanctuaire carre : K V/η6 num planche : PL_28 objet : Figurine sans Moulage type :Personnages traces infimes de peinture noire éclat à la nuque. Pâte chamois éléments rapportés : oreilles, cheveux longs Fragment : tête et départ du cou dessin : D_0299 diapositives : C_4774 forme : Grotesques inv objet : Tc_1744 inv tessons : Tc_1744 negatif : 01140_04 negatif : 05421_06 negatif : 01056_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0557_p_0141 éléments incisés : sourcils, yeux, bouche, barbe, cheveux. Modelé plein. H. 3,4. Personnage barbu (barbe bouclée), d'apparence grotesque, tête nue.

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