Object card·SAL_6985·1972

Stucco frieze fragments with hunting scenes, Huilerie

Stucco frieze fragments with hunting scenes, Huilerie
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6985. "Stucco frieze fragments with hunting scenes, Huilerie". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Stucco frieze fragments decorated with hunting scenes, cast in stucco in two series: one shows a lion and bear hunt, the other a hare and deer hunt, both on a background of scrolls. Red and blue colour picked out details of some animals and figures. The fragments found attest to at least ten plaques of each motif, which were probably placed alternately against the walls of room 7. Each plaque was 0.86 m long and 0.19 m high. Archaic period. Found in the Huilerie, square I III/γ5, 4th south door. Inventory Sc_0202; June 1972.

French, as on the record

chantier : Huilerie epoque : Archaïque objet : Éléments en stuc l'une représente une chasse au lion et à l'ours, l'autre une chasse au lièvre et au cerf, le tout sur un fond de rinceaux. Des couleurs (rouge et bleu) relevaient les détails de certains animaux ou personnages. Les fragments retrouvés attestent l'existence d'au moins dix plaques de chaque motif, qui devaient être placées en alternance contre les murs de la salle 7. Chaque plaque avait une longueur de 0,86 m pour une hauteur de 0,19 m. num planche : PL_16 num planche : PL_24 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc2104_p_0033 Fragments de frise en stuc, ornée de scènes de chasse. Stucs 2. Cette frise moulée en stuc se répartit en deux séries carre : I III/γ5, 4e porte sud inv objet : Sc_0202

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