Object card·SAL_7960·1974

Limestone figurine of a kouros, Temple of Zeus

Limestone figurine of a kouros, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1974. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7960. "Limestone figurine of a kouros, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Nude kouros figurine in soft limestone, with traces of red paint; thighs rounded at the sides, flattened at the front, narrowing towards the knees, close together at the top, the sex applied flat at the centre. Flat back. H. 27, l. 20. Inventory Sc_0232; square E VII/δε6; 29 May 1974.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus carre : E VII/δε6 objet : Figurine Couros nu, cuisses au modelé arrondi sur les côtés, aplaties de face, se rétrécissant vers les genoux, serrées au départ, sexe plaqué au centre. Calcaire tendre, traces de peinture rouge. Revers plat. H. 27, l. 20 inv objet : Sc_0232 type :Couros

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