Object card·SAL_1628·1967

Mould-made standing female bust fragment, Classical, Salamis

Mould-made standing female bust fragment, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1628. "Mould-made standing female bust fragment, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow mould-made bust fragment of a standing female figure, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ2, Salamis, Cyprus: a left arm folded across the body, the elbow and start of the forearm with the back. Pinkish chamois fabric, very mixed, and beige-white slip. Left arm folded in front; a thick, heavy mantle passes over the start of the forearm, hiding the elbow in a fold of cloth with two wide flat folds lying one over the other that fall straight down. H. 9.3, W. 6.4. Inventory Tc_0322; 23 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ2 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Manteau retombant sur l'avant-bras Fragment de bras gauche replié : coude et départ de l'avant-bras, avec l'arrière. Pâte chamois rosé, très mêlée, et engobe blanc beige. Moulé creux. H. 9,3 diapositives : C_1553 inv objet : Tc_0322 inv tessons : Tc_0322 negatif : 02031_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0525_p_0145 l. 6,4. Bras gauche replié par-devant. Un épais et lourd manteau passe sur le départ de l'avant-bras, cachant le coude en formant un pan de tissu à deux larges plis plats superposés qui retombent droit.

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