Object card·SAL_7218·1972

Bearded male head figurine from the Sanctuary

Bearded male head figurine from the Sanctuary
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7218. "Bearded male head figurine from the Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bearded male head figurine with a triangular section, flat side to the face, enormous eyebrows and a flat frontal band; eyebrows and beard painted black, mouth red. Red clay with beige slip, red and black paint (traces); technique of folded paste, uneven surface, applied elements for the eyebrows and frontal band. H. 10, l. 4. Square K V/θ6 (2), Sanctuary, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_2179; negative 06364_02; 12 September 1972.

French, as on the record

objet : Figurine carre : K V/θ6 (2) inv objet : Tc_2179 inv tessons : Tc_2179 negatif : 06364_02 type :Tête masculine Tête barbue, section triangulaire, côté du visage plan, sourcils énorme, bandeau frontal plat. Sourcils et barbe peinte en noir, la bouche en rouge. Argile rouge avec couverte beige, peinture rouge et noire (traces). Modelé technique de la pâte repliée, surface mal égalisée, élément rapportés, sourcils et bandeau frontal. H. 10, l. 4 chantier : Sanctuaire

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