Object card·SAL_1924·1967

Terracotta fragment of a standing female figure, Classical

Terracotta fragment of a standing female figure, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1924. "Terracotta fragment of a standing female figure, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made terracotta bust of a standing woman holding an object (not preserved) on her chest, with her right forearm folded across the body and hand broken diagonally; pink fabric with light beige slip, H. 10.2 cm, l. 10.2 cm. The arm is folded in front, the hand horizontal with distinct fingers touching something with the tip of the index finger; a thick drapery with soft folds fans out from the neck to the forearm, and a bracelet is worn at the wrist. Find from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis, Cyprus; Classical period; inventory Tc_0504; 3 April 1967.

French, as on the record

inv tessons : Tc_0504 negatif : 01951_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0306_p_0098 Fragment de buste, au centre, avec l'avant-bras droit, cassé avant le coude, et la main, brisée en diagonale. Pâte rose, et même rouge aux cassures, et engobe beige clair. Moulé creux. H. 10,2 l. 10,2. Le bras est replié par-devant, et la main à l'horizontale, aux doigts distincts, effleure quelque chose du bout de l'index, sans que le pouce touche l'objet. Un épais drapé à plis souples part du cou en éventail jusqu'à l'avant-bras. Bracelet au poignet. 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/γ3 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout avec un objet (non conservé) sur le buste, bras replié diapositives : C_1831 inv objet : Tc_0504

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