Object card·SAL_1531·1967

Terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess with deer, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess with deer, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1531. "Terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess with deer, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the base of a mould-made terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess accompanied by a standing deer, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ3; the deer stands beside the goddess, to her right or left. Pinkish-beige fabric, hollow-moulded; the base is 7 cm high and 7.5 cm wide, with two feet in shoes slightly apart and two cloven animal hooves at the front left corner, the back missing and the base apparently square. Classical period. Object inventory Tc_0282; 20 March 1967.

French, as on the record

objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ3 caracterique : Biche debout à côté de la déesse, à droite ou à gauche forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche l. 7,5 h. base 7. A la droite de pieds chaussés, légèrement écartés, apparaissent deux pattes animales (sabots fourchus), également un peu écartées. La base semble avoir été carrée. diapositives : C_1460 inv objet : Tc_0282 inv tessons : Tc_0282 negatif : 02019_06 negatif : 02019_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0227_p_0086 Fragment de base, avec l'angle antérieur gauche portant deux pieds et deux pattes animales, sans l'arrière. Pâte beige rosé. Moulé creux. H. 12 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique

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