Object card·SAL_7329·1972

Standing figurine with conical nose and painted face, Sanctuary

Standing figurine with conical nose and painted face, Sanctuary
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7329. "Standing figurine with conical nose and painted face, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Standing figurine with head slightly raised and rounded back, from the Sanctuary at Salamis, square K V/ε6 (2-3). It has a curious face with a conical nose and pointed beard, eyes and eyebrows painted black, and a red mouth; the semicircular headdress is edged in black and decorated with red dots, and there is a red X on the back. Pale pink clay with cream slip and red and black paint; solid modelling, H. 6.4 cm. Inventory Tc_2196; negatives 06418_01, 06418_02, 06418_03, 06417_06; 21 September 1972.

French, as on the record

inv objet : Tc_2196 inv tessons : Tc_2196 negatif : 06418_01 negatif : 06418_02 negatif : 06418_03 negatif : 06417_06 chantier : Sanctuaire objet : Figurine carre : K V/ε6 (2-3) Personnage debout, tête légèrement levée, dos rond. Curieux visage à nez conique et barbe pointue, yeux et sourcils peints en noir, bouche rouge. Coiffe en demi-cercle, bordée de noir et décorée de pointillés rouge. X rouge dans le dos. Argile rose pâle, couverte crème, peinture rouge et noire. Modelé plein. H. 6,4

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