Object card·SAL_2254·1967

Terracotta base with feet of a standing draped female statue

Terracotta base with feet of a standing draped female statue
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2254. "Terracotta base with feet of a standing draped female statue". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Classical period. Right-angle base with left foot and fragment of right foot, and the hem of a long robe, without the back. Red-brick fabric with white slip, mould-made hollow. H. 19; base height 13. Bare feet, shod in sandals with thick soles and straps crossing between the big toe and the adjacent toe; the right foot, well preserved, stands squarely at the corner of the plinth. Toes well modelled, very distinct, set flat; feet widely spaced. On the feet and on the plinth between them, lower down, falls the long pleated robe with a bulging hem; this base belonged to a large statue. Square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Tc_0756; 7 April 1967.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé type :Bases et pieds carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Pieds nus, chaussés de sandales l. 16,5 orteils bien dessinés, très distincts, posés très à plat dessin : D_0522 diapositives : C_2144 inv objet : Tc_0756 inv tessons : Tc_0756 negatif : 02142_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0885_p_0176 pieds largement écartés. Sur les pieds, et sur le socle entre les deux, plus bas, retombée de robe longue toute plissée, avec un ourlet en bourrelet. Cette base appartenait à une grande statue. Angle droit d'une base, avec pied gauche et fragment du pied droit, et bas de robe, sans l'arrière. Pâte rouge brique, engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 19 h. base 13. Base haute à angle droit, portant les pieds nus, chaussés de sandales à grosses semelles et à lanières se croisant entre le pouce et l'orteil voisin (d'après le pied droit, bien conservé, posé exactement de face dans l'angle du socle) chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_16

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