Object card·SAL_2024·1967

Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Classical

Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2024. "Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a right hand resting on the thigh (?), in buff clay, mould-made hollow, H. 8.4 cm, W. 8.2 cm. The arm hung along the body; the hand shows two folded fingers (middle and ring) and two extended fingers (index and little), with the thumb separated from the others, and the index touches a fold of drapery. From the south of the rampart zone, square K VI/γ3, Salamis, Classical period; inventory Tc_0555; 6 April 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/γ3 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu Fragment de main droite sur cuisse (?). Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 8,4 diapositives : C_1927 inv objet : Tc_0555 inv tessons : Tc_0555 negatif : 02118_05 negatif : 00422_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0337_p_0103 l. 8,2. Le bras pendait le long du corps. La main se présente avec deux doigts repliés (le majeur et l'annulaire) et deux doigts tendus (l'index et l'auriculaire), le pouce séparé des autres doigts. L'index vient toucher un pli de drapé.

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