Object card·SAL_1838·1967

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, left hand fragment

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, left hand fragment
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1838. "Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, left hand fragment". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the left hand of a figurine, hanging down against the left edge at thigh height, width 6 cm. The left arm hung along the body, the hand in its extension but slightly brought forward onto the thigh, three fingers folded, pinching a fold of drapery between thumb and index finger; a twisted bracelet at the wrist. Surface of the fingers abraded. Pink-beige fabric, hollow-moulded, H. 8. Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Salamis; inventory Tc_0452; 30 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 : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu diapositives : C_1752 inv objet : Tc_0452 inv tessons : Tc_0452 negatif : 01987_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0366_p_0105 Fragment de main gauche pendante sur un bord gauche de figurine, à hauteur de la cuisse l. 6. Le bras gauche pendait le long du corps, la main dans le prolongement, mais un peu ramenée en avant sur la cuisse, trois doigts repliés, pinçant entre pouce et index un pli en fourche. Bracelet torsadé au poignet. dessus des doigts éraflé. Pâte beige rose. Moulé creux. H. 8

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