Object card·SAL_2286·1967

Terracotta figurine of a goddess with a deer, Classical

Terracotta figurine of a goddess with a deer, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2286. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess with a deer, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the left edge of a mould-made terracotta figurine of a goddess, with the hindquarters of a deer dressed vertically against the body of the figure; the deer is shown in right profile, with its right hind leg rounded and plump and its short tail slightly raised, and the drapery shows three or four vertical folds. Pink fabric with beige slip; hollow-moulded; H. 14.5 cm; period Classical; sector: area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; negative 02147_02; slide C_2175; inventory Tc_0778; inventory 20 of the notebook; Salamis, Cyprus; 8 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche caracterique : Biche dressée sur ses pattes postérieures le long de la figurine negatif : 02147_02 l. 5,2. Biche de profil droit, dressée verticalement, et comme suspendue, contre une jambe (?) on distingue la patte postérieure droite très galbée et grasse, ainsi que la queue courte, légèrement retroussée. Drapé laissant voir trois ou quatre plis verticaux. Biche présentant son profil droit. diapositives : C_2175 inv objet : Tc_0778 inv tessons : Tc_0778 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0198_p_0082 Fragment de bord gauche de statuette, une partie de l'arrière conservée, avec arrière-train d'animal contre le corps de la figurine. Pâte rose et engobe beige. Moulé creux. H. 14,5

Corrections and additions

Can you tell us more about this?

If you can identify, date or place this item, or know where else it is recorded, we would like to hear.

We would like to hear about

  • What it shows or records
  • Its date, place or author
  • Where else it is published or held
  • A mistake in our description

Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

More from Salamis

16,340 items in the archiveThe site →