Object card·SAL_5257·1969

Horse figurine fragment, head and chest, area south of the rampart

Horse figurine fragment, head and chest, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5257. "Horse figurine fragment, head and chest, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Figurine fragment of a horse (head and chest) with the back of the head missing, modelled in solid form, with applied and incised elements including the bit, chanfron, collar and animal decoration, most of which are broken. Traces of a rider: right hand, and an impression of the left hand. Pink fabric with well-preserved cream slip. H. 10.4 cm. Square K VI/δ4, Salamis; inventory Tc_2037; negative 01234_01; 01233_06; 12 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/δ4 objet : Figurine sans Moulage caracterique : Chevaux forme : Quadrupèdes type :Animaux arrière de la tête emporté décor animalier rapporté Fragment : tête et poitrail dessin : D_0656 diapositives : C_3654 inv objet : Tc_2037 inv tessons : Tc_2037 negatif : 01234_01 negatif : 01233_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0266_p_0071 chanfrein, collier, décor animalier brisés. Traces de cavalier : main droite, empreinte de la main gauche. Pâte rose + engobe crème bien conservé éléments rapportés et incisés : mors, chanfrein éléments imprimés : yeux des têtes animales, cercles sur cou et poitrail. Modelé plein. H. 10,4. éléments incisés : naseaux, bouche, yeux, tablier-poitrail

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