Object card·SAL_5892·1970

Head of a terracotta horse figurine, Huilerie

Head of a terracotta horse figurine, Huilerie
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5892. "Head of a terracotta horse figurine, Huilerie". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Unmoulded figurine of a horse from the Huilerie, Salamis, square I III/η3, Archaic period; only the head survives. Incised nostrils, mouth, eyes and harness pieces; traces of red paint; ears (perhaps) and collar applied. Ears broken, left eye damaged; red fabric; forelock applied and incised; solid modelling. L. 4.2 cm, H. 3.7 cm. Inventory Tc_2081; negatives 04807_01 and 04807_02; plates PL_15 and PL_43; notebook page 53; object 5892; 8 October 1970.

French, as on the record

chantier : Huilerie epoque : Archaïque carre : I III/η3 num planche : PL_15 objet : Figurine sans Moulage caracterique : Chevaux forme : Quadrupèdes type :Animaux num planche : PL_43 éléments incisés : naseaux, bouche, yeux, pièces du harnais traces de peinture rouge éléments rapportés : oreilles (?), collier Fragment : tête seule inv objet : Tc_2081 inv tessons : Tc_2081 negatif : 04807_02 negatif : 04807_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc7674_p_0046 pub : SAL_PUB_139891_XII_CAT_12_0246_p_0068 oreilles brisées, œil gauche abimé. Pâte rouge toupet de crinière rapporté et incisé. Modelé plein. L. 4,2 H. 3,7.

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