Object card·SAL_1260·1967

Terracotta left hand fragment, Classical goddess figure

Terracotta left hand fragment, Classical goddess figure
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1260. "Terracotta left hand fragment, Classical goddess figure". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a left hand: only the base of the thumb and index finger remain, the other fingers and the left edge of the hand being broken. Salmon-coloured paste with white slip; hollow moulded. H. 17 cm, l. 15 cm. The left hand hangs down, gripping between the widely spaced thumb and index finger a pointed triangular element, perhaps a double fold of drapery (?). To its right, thick superimposed flat folds; a twisted bracelet at the wrist. Given the dimensions of the fragment, it seems to have belonged to a large terracotta statue. Square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Tc_0260; negative 02012_05; slide C_1270; drawing D_0464; plate PL_11; Classical period. 15 March 1967.

French, as on the record

diapositives : C_1270 inv objet : Tc_0260 negatif : 02012_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0367_p_0106 Fragment de main gauche: il reste la naissance du pouce et de l'index, les autres doigts et le bord gauche de la main étant cassés. Pâte saumon soutenu et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H.17 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique num planche : PL_11 objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu inv tessons : Tc_0260 l.15. Main gauche pendante, enserrant entre le pouce et l'index, très écartés, un élément triangulaire pointu, qui pourrait être un pli double de drapé, en pointe (?). A sa droite, gros plis couchés superposés. Bracelet torsadé au poignet. Vu les dimensions du fragment, il semble devoir appartenir à une grande statue de terre cuite. dessin : D_0464

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