Object card·SAL_1836·1967

Hollow-moulded bust figurine fragment, Salamis

Hollow-moulded bust figurine fragment, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1836. "Hollow-moulded bust figurine fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded figurine fragment of a standing draped woman, a bust with the right arm folded across the chest, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Cyprus; square K VI/δ3, Classical period. Chamois fabric with white slip, heavily worn with surface chips and the elbow missing; H. 12.5 cm, l. 4.7 cm, rear preserved. The arm frames a slightly projecting breast and the close-fitting tunic shows no folds. Inventory Tc_0450; slide C_1750; negative 01987_05; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

Fragment de buste, moitié droite, avec le bras replié diapositives : C_1750 inv objet : Tc_0450 inv tessons : Tc_0450 negatif : 01987_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0564_p_0149 grande usure. Pâte chamois et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 12,5 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes arrière conservé caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains éclats de surface coude emporté l. 4,7. Bras droit replié par-devant sur le buste, encadrant le sein peu proéminent. Tunique moulante, sans aucune trace de plis.

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