Object card·SAL_2137·1967

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a doe, area south of the rampart

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a doe, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2137. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a doe, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_2137, Salamis, Cyprus: Classical terracotta figurine of a goddess carrying a doe in her arms, inventory Tc_0651; H. 7.3 cm, l. 7.8 cm. Very crudely made, back missing, buff clay with brown-beige surface, moulded hollow. Doe (?) in left profile, muzzle broken, eye with incised outline and distinct pupil, ear laid back; left hand holding the animal against the bust survives with fingers, ring and little fingers broken, and the forequarters of the doe, its foreleg folded over the wrist, the knee touching the goddess's thumb. Square K VI/γ3. Slides C_2032, negative 02084_06; inventory 7 April 1967.

French, as on the record

forme : Animaux caracterique : Déesse portant une biche dans les bras facture très grossière. H. 7,3 manque l'arrière. Pâte chamois, surface brun beige. Moulé creux diapositives : C_2032 inv objet : Tc_0651 inv tessons : Tc_0651 negatif : 02084_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0239_p_0088 l. 7,8. Biche (?) de profil gauche, museau brisé, œil au contour incisé et à pupille distincte, oreille couchée Fragment de main gauche tenant un animal contre le buste : doigts conservés, annulaire et auriculaire brisés, et avant-train de la biche patte antérieure repliée sur le poignet, le genou touchant le pouce de la déesse. Main recourbée vers le haut. On devine un pli de vêtement dans le prolongement de la main, pincé entre pouce et index. 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

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