Object card·SAL_1566·1967

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding an object, Classical

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding an object, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1566. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding an object, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card for a Classical terracotta figurine of the great goddess, type of a goddess carrying an animal, flower, fruit or object, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ3. Very worn, with greyish fabric and white slip, hollow-moulded; H. 8.5 cm, l. 3.3 cm. The left arm hangs along the body, the hand, elongated with indistinct fingers, holds a flat oval object pressed against the body, with a bracelet at the wrist; only a fragment of the left hand and wrist survives on the edge of the figurine. Inventory Tc_0296; slide C_1493; negative 02026_05; 20 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Déesse tenant un objet (non déterminé) au bout du bras pendant très usé. Pâte grisâtre et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 8,5 diapositives : C_1493 inv objet : Tc_0296 inv tessons : Tc_0296 negatif : 02026_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0325_p_0101 l. 3,3. Le bras gauche pendait le long du corps. La main, allongée, aux doigts indistincts, tient plaqué contre le corps un objet plat et ovale. Bracelet au poignet. Fragment de main gauche, avec le poignet, sur un bord de figurine

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