Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7811. "Painted clay horse with rider, Sanctuary, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Mounted horse with the trace of a rider seated astride, the rider applied separately; mane marked by pinching, cylindrical legs, horizontal back, oval raised tail, and flanks decorated with cross-hatched lozenges. Pale pink fabric with a grey core and beige slip, with pale pink paint, faded red and still-vivid black paint; homogeneous manufacture, solid modelling, L. 10.4 cm. Sanctuary, square K V/θ7 (1), inventory Tc_2267; 4 September 1973.
French, as on the record
chantier : Sanctuaire
objet : Animal
type :Cheval
carre : K V/θ7 (1)
diapositives : C_5042
diapositives : C_5041
inv objet : Tc_2267
inv tessons : Tc_2267
negatif : 06827_02
negatif : 06827_01
Cheval monté (trace d'un cavalier assis en amazone), crinière marquée par pincement, pattes cylindriques, dos horizontal, queue dressée ovale. Echelles verticales, échelle horizontales (flancs décorées de losanges quadrillés). Pâte rose très pâle à cœur gris, couverte beige. Peinture rose très pâle à coeur gris, couverte beige. Peinture rouge (effcée) et noire (encore vive). Fabrication homogène, modelé plein, le cavalier rapporté. L. 10,4
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