Object card·SAL_4892·1969

Figurine of a left hand on a Gorgon-head shield, Salamis

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.

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English, translated from the French record

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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