Red-clay quadruped figurine with painted details, Salamis Sanctuary
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7822. "Red-clay quadruped figurine with painted details, Salamis Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Quadruped with a large elongated muzzle, neck of oval section, small triangular horn and eyes marked by pointed protrusions; the muzzle is poorly folded at the end, and the thick rectangular forelock spread between the horns (SAL_4101) is painted red, with the eye in black. Red fabric with white coating, the red paint still bright with minute traces of black paint; homogeneous manufacture, solid modelling, ears and forelock applied, H. 5 cm. Square K V/η7 (2), Sanctuary, Salamis; inventory Tc_2269; negatives 06834_06 and 06828_02; 6 September 1973.
French, as on the record
inv objet : Tc_2269
inv tessons : Tc_2269
negatif : 06834_06
negatif : 06828_02
Quadrupède, gros museau allongé, cou de section ovale, petit corne triangulaire, yeux marqués par des protubérances en pointe. Museau mal plié au bout. Toupet rectangulaire épais, étalé entre les cornes (SAL_4101) et peint en rouge, œil en noir. Pâte rouge, couverte blanche, peinture rouge encore vive, traces infimes de peinture noire. Fabrication homogène, modelé plein, oreilles toupe rapportés. H. 5
chantier : Sanctuaire
objet : Animal
type :Quadrupède
carre : K V/η7 (2)
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