Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7675. "Bone handle with incised face, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Possibly a handle: a flattened cylinder, slightly widened at the top and hollow, with an incised figurative decoration of a face showing eyes, eyebrows, mouth and hairstyle, with a horizontal band below the mouth and a motif beneath that band. Carved in bone, with a polished incised front and an unworked, smoothed back; the incisions are deep and regular, except for the mouth and the lower motif. L. 5.1, l. 1.3. Salamis, Sanctuary, square K V/η5 (3). Inventory Po_0902; negative 06763_05; 16 August 1973.
French, as on the record
chantier : Sanctuaire
carre : K V/η5 (3)
inv objet : Po_0902
negatif : 06763_05
objet : Manche?
Manche? Cylindre aplatie légèrement élargi au sommet, creux, décor représentation figurée, un personnage. Yeux, sourcils, bouche, coiffure. Sous la bouche, bande horizontale. Sous cette bande, un motif. En os, face incisée polie. Arrière non travaillé, lissé, pour le décor, incisions profondes (sauf pour la bouche et le motif inférieur) et régulières. L. 5,1, l. 1,3
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