Object card·SAL_2155·1967

Moulded terracotta figurine hand, Salamis Classical

Moulded terracotta figurine hand, Salamis Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2155. "Moulded terracotta figurine hand, Salamis Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a right hand from a hollow-moulded terracotta figurine of a standing woman holding a fold of drapery or a piece of cloth, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3. Pink fabric with a cream slip, more or less well preserved; H. 7 cm, l. 6.5 cm; the hand hangs down with fleshy but tapering fingers, the thumbnail is indicated, and between the thumb and the folded fingers a forked fold appears, the index finger following its curve; the little finger is extended and clearly separated from the ring finger. Inventory Tc_0669; slide C_2048; negative 02064_01; 7 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 usure. Pâte rose et engobe crème plus ou moins bien conservé. Moulé creux. H. 7 Fragment de main droite diapositives : C_2048 inv objet : Tc_0669 inv tessons : Tc_0669 negatif : 02064_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0338_p_0103 l. 6,5. Main pendante, aux doigts charnus mais effilés. L'ongle du pouce est indiqué. Entre le pouce et les autres doigts repliés apparaît un pli en fourche dont l'index suit la courbure. A noter que l'auriculaire est tendu, nettement séparé de l'annulaire.

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