Painted animal with dog's head and duck's body, Rampart
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7837. "Painted animal with dog's head and duck's body, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Animal with a dog's head and a duck's body, with a triangular muzzle, two projections for ears, neck stretched forward and head lowered. Body little folded, short flanks, tail raised; painted bands, pale pink fabric, yellowish-beige slip (traces), red paint still bright on the body and turning pale yellow on the head. Combined manufacture: head solid-modelled, body folded; H. 4.1 cm, L. 8.8 cm. Rampart sector, square K V/η8 (1), Salamis; negatives 06842_01, 06842_02 and 06838_06. Inventory Tc_2276; 7 September 1973.
French, as on the record
chantier : Rempart
objet : Animal
carre : K V/η8 (1)
inv objet : Tc_2276
inv tessons : Tc_2276
negatif : 06842_01
negatif : 06842_02
negatif : 06838_06
type :Tête de chien
Animal à tête de chien et à corps de canard, museau triangulaire, deux excroissances pour les oreilles, cou tendu en avant, tête baissée. Corps peu plié, flancs courts, queue redressée. Bandes peintes. Pâle rose, couverte beige jaune (traces), peintures rouge encore vive sur le cops, à viré au jaune pâle sur la tête. Fabrication combinée, tête modelé plein, corps plié. H. 4,1, L. 8,8
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