Object card·SAL_4938·1969

Terracotta horse and rider, Salamis, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta horse and rider, Salamis, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4938. "Terracotta horse and rider, Salamis, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Horse and rider in profile to the right, the rider wearing a short-sleeved short tunic and a pleated cloak fastened on the shoulder by a round fibula; right arm along the body, hand on the thigh. Buff clay, moulded hollow, with a convex back treated as a bas-relief; 9 x 10.2 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1849; 1 September 1969.

French, as on the record

type :Cheval et cavalier carre : K VI/δ4 dessin : D_0540 diapositives : C_4973 inv objet : Tc_1849 inv tessons : Tc_1849 negatif : 01137_01 Cheval et cavalier de profil droit. Cavalier vêtu d'une tunique courte à manche courte et d'un manteau plissé accroché sur l'épaule par une fibule ronde. Bras droit le long du corps, main sur la cuisse. Argile chamois, moulé creux. Arrière convexe, traité comme un bas-relief. 9 x 10,2 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart objet : Animal

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