Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6448. "Mounted horse and rider figurine, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Animal: horse and rider figurine, unplaced find, object card SAL_6448. Mounted horse with a strongly convex head, unmarked mane, and small round eyes set in a strongly projecting orbit; the rider is pressed against the horse with indistinct legs. Very sandy grey-beige clay with yellow covering; hollow modelling, the horse's neck modelled around the thumb, the muzzle apparently pinched into a beak and pierced lengthwise from inside, eyes in applied pellets. H. 4.7 cm. Inventory Tc_2108; notebook page 53; negative 05432_01; October 1970.
French, as on the record
objet : Animal
chantier : Découverte fortuite
type :Cheval et cavalier
Cheval monté, tête fortement convexe, crinière non marquée, yeux ronds et petits, insérés dans une orbite en forte saillie. Cavalier collé au cheval, jambes indistinctes. Argile gris-beige très sableuse et couverte jaune. Modelé creux, cou du cheval modelé autour du pouce, le museau semble avoir fait bec et a été percé en longueur depuis l'intérieur, yeux en pastillage. H. 4,7
inv objet : Tc_2108
inv tessons : Tc_2108
negatif : 05432_01
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