Figurine of a left hand on a Gorgon-head shield, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4892. "Figurine of a left hand on a Gorgon-head shield, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card SAL_4892 (inventory Tc_1826): figurine of a left hand resting on a shield decorated with a fringed border and, at the centre, a Gorgon's head; type "Main et tête de Gorgonne". Buff clay, mould-made hollow, back flat and smoothed; 9.5 x 3.8 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; notebook page 46, drawing D_0659, slides C_4902, negatives 04565_03, 04565_04, 04565_05 and 01124_01. Inventory Tc_1826; 30 August 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
objet : Figurine
carre : K VI/δ4
dessin : D_0659
diapositives : C_4902
inv objet : Tc_1826
inv tessons : Tc_1826
negatif : 04565_03
negatif : 04565_04
negatif : 04565_05
negatif : 01124_01
type :Main et tête de Gorgonne
Main gauche posée sur un bouclier décoré d'un bord frangé et au centre d'une tête de Gorgonne. Argile chamois. Moulé creux, arrière plat lissé. 9,5 x 3,8
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