Object card·SAL_4877·1969

Moulded head of a bearded figurine, Salamis

Moulded head of a bearded figurine, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4877. "Moulded head of a bearded figurine, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Moulded terracotta figurine head of a bearded figure of the "Assyrian type", standing figure, complete fragment with facial features effaced. Salmon-pink fabric with cream slip preserved on the right; hollowed at the back like a protome by thumb pressure, with finger impressions deepening from bottom to top, especially the thumb that formed the headdress. H. 5.5 cm. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Tc_1817; 29 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart objet : Figurines avec moulage carre : K VI/δ4 type :Personnages barbus de « type assyrien » caracterique : Tête forme : Personnages debout Fragment : tête complète diapositives : C_4883 inv objet : Tc_1817 inv tessons : Tc_1817 negatif : 01121_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0656_p_0177 traits du visage effacés. Pâte rose saumon + engobe crème conservé sur la partie droite. Tête moulée, évidée à l'arrière comme un protomé, par enfoncement au pouce (empreintes de doigts de plus en plus profondes de bas en haut, en particulier du pouce qui a enfoncé la pâte pour former la coiffe). H. 5,5.

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