Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2129. "Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, showing the right breast and drapery but not the back, in buff-orange fabric; Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3. Dimensions H. 7.7 cm, l. 5.8 cm; the pointed, very prominent breast has vertical tunic folds falling from it that curve to the left near the waist, perhaps forming cups there. Inventory Tc_0643; 7 April 1967.
French, as on the record
Fragment de buste : sein droit et drapé, sans l'arrière. Pâte beige orangé. Moulé creux. H. 7,7
l. 5,8. Sein en pointe, et très proéminent, d'où retombent des plis verticaux de tunique. Ces plis dessinent une courbe vers la gauche, près de la taille (où, peut-être, ils formaient des godets ?).
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
epoque : Classique
objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé
carre : K VI/γ3
forme : Figurines moulées creuses
type :Bustes
caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains
diapositives : C_2024
inv objet : Tc_0643
inv tessons : Tc_0643
negatif : 02079_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0539_p_0147
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