Object card·SAL_1934·1967

Standing draped female figure, bust fragment, Salamis

Standing draped female figure, bust fragment, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1934. "Standing draped female figure, bust fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow-moulded terracotta bust of a standing draped female figure, left half, with the lower neck and part of the back; beige fabric with traces of pale green paint. H. 13 cm, l. 7.8 cm. A himation, or mantle, is draped over the shoulder like a cape, covering the nape and falling vertically, with heavy relief along its border, and the tunic shows the start of a neckline with folds radiating from the breast. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Classical period. Inventory Tc_0514; 3 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Figurines moulées creuses caracterique : Drapé du dessus : himation, manteau type :Bustes Fragment de buste, moitié gauche, avec le bas du cou et une partie de l'arrière. Pâte beige diapositives : C_1841 inv objet : Tc_0514 inv tessons : Tc_0514 negatif : 01947_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0487_p_0141 traces de peinture vert tendre. Moulé creux. H. 13 l. 7,8. Manteau posé sur l'épaule comme une cape, couvrant aussi la nuque et retombant verticalement, comme le manteau de la figurine précédente, mais formant, plus bas, comme des replis. Sa bordure est également en fort relief. La tunique se distingue bien par le départ d'un décolleté, mais surtout par des plis irradiant du sein.

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