Object card·SAL_1721·1967

Terracotta lyre-player fragment, south of the rampart

Terracotta lyre-player fragment, south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1721. "Terracotta lyre-player fragment, south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card for a Classical terracotta lyre-player (joueuse de lyre-cithare) from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Salamis. Fragment of a lyre, 6 cm wide with 6 pegs on the crossbar, which is the only relief visible; the strings themselves do not appear. The lyre is detached from the left side of a bust, as in the preceding pieces; the back is flat except at the upper part, which is concave. Brownish paste, crumbling; worn and cracked; solid mould. Fragment, H. 7.6 cm. Inventory Tc_0370; 27 March 1967. Slide C_1645; negative 01992_05.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/δ3 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare diapositives : C_1645 inv objet : Tc_0370 inv tessons : Tc_0370 l. 6. Lyre l. 5. Le seul relief que l'on distingue est la traverse, sur laquelle s'attachent les cordes (on compte 6 chevilles : il y avait donc 6 cordes, mais les cordes elles-mêmes n'apparaissent pas). negatif : 01992_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0408_p_0117 usée et fendillée. Pâte brunâtre, qui se délite. Moulée pleine Lyre détachée du côté gauche d'un buste, comme les précédentes arrière plat, sauf à la partie supérieure où il est concave. Frag. H. 7,6

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