Object card·SAL_1843·1967

Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, area south of the rampart

Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1843. "Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow-moulded bust of a standing draped woman, cut at the waist on the left side, with the folded arm broken at the wrist and above the elbow, and without the back; pink-beige fabric, H. 6.6 cm, W. 9 cm. Below the left forearm, a small accordion-pleated and cup-shaped fold at the waist, due to a belt not visible; above the forearm, a few widely spaced vertical folds; the arm is probably bare, with a bracelet at the wrist perhaps. Classical period, square K VI/δ3, Salamis, area south of the rampart; inventory Tc_0457; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_14 epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique diapositives : C_1756 inv objet : Tc_0457 inv tessons : Tc_0457 negatif : 01986_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0480_p_0140 Fragment de buste à la taille, côté gauche, avec le bras replié brisé au poignet et après le coude, sans l’arrière. Pâte beige rosé. Moulé creux. H. 6,6 l. 9. Sous l'avant-bras gauche, petit plissé en accordéon et à godets, juste à la taille, dû à une ceinture non visible. Au-dessus de l'avant-bras, quelques plis verticaux espacés. Bras sans doute nu. Bracelet au poignet ?

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