Object card·SAL_1972·1967

Standing draped female figurine, Salamis, square K VI/γ3

Standing draped female figurine, Salamis, square K VI/γ3
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1972. "Standing draped female figurine, Salamis, square K VI/γ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded solid terracotta bust of a standing draped female figurine, with arms hanging away from the body, worn and broken on the left side and rejoined; buff-brown friable fabric with a perhaps beige slip. H. 7.9 cm, l. 8.8 cm. A cloak falls over the shoulders in heavy folds onto the arms, which are reduced to triangular extensions; the tunic clings to the breasts, from which light folds radiate, and a necklace of tiny beads with triangular pendants (about a dozen) covers the lower neck. Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3; Classical; inventory Tc_0533; negative 02112_02; slide C_1877; plate PL_13; 4 April 1967.

French, as on the record

usé Fragment : buste cassé côté gauche diapositives : C_1877 inv objet : Tc_0533 inv tessons : Tc_0533 negatif : 02112_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0416_p_0133 recollé. Pâte brun jaunâtre, qui se délite, et engobe beige (?). Moulé plein. H. 7,9 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé num planche : PL_13 carre : K VI/γ3 type :Bustes caracterique : Bras pendants écartés du corps forme : Figurines moulées pleines l. 8,8. Manteau en cape sur les épaules, il retombe en plis lourds sur les bras (réduits à des prolongements triangulaires). La tunique moule les seins, d'où irradient de légers plis. Un collier, fait de minuscules perles à pendants triangulaires (on en compte une douzaine), couvre largement le bas du cou.

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