Object card·SAL_2235·1967

Moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical

Moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2235. "Moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded bust fragment, right side, with the upper arm near the waist, rear preserved; beige fabric with grey core, slightly pink at the edge, and grey-white slip. H. 8.6 cm, l. 4.6 cm. The upper arm is attached to the bust and apparently caught in a tunic, whose vertical armhole is visible in relief along the arm; a small horizontal pleat of the tunic lies above the waist (?). Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, inventory Tc_0737; 7 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains negatif : 02144_03 Fragment de buste, côté droit, avec le haut du bras, près de la taille diapositives : C_2125 inv objet : Tc_0737 inv tessons : Tc_0737 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0578_p_0150 arrière conservé. Pâte beige à cœur gris, un peu rose en bordure, et engobe blanc gris. Moulé creux. H. 8,6 l. 4,6. Haut du bras collé au buste, apparemment pris dans une tunique dont on voit l'emmanchure verticale le long du bras, en relief. Petit plissé de tunique au-dessus de la taille, horizontal (?).

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