Object card·SAL_2327·1967

Fragment of a goddess holding a bird, Salamis

Fragment of a goddess holding a bird, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2327. "Fragment of a goddess holding a bird, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a bust of a goddess holding a bird, Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Classical period: the right forearm and hand remain, with drapery around the arm but without the back. The arm is bent, broken at the elbow, and the hand holds a plump bird's body between the broken thumb and the long, indistinct fingers; a bracelet is very clear at the wrist, and accordion-pleated relief drapery descends below the forearm. Pink to red-brown fabric with white slip, hollow mould-made, H. 6 cm. Inventory Tc_0809; negative 02155_04; 8 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 caracterique : Déesse portant un oiseau forme : Animaux negatif : 02155_04 dessin : D_2314 diapositives : C_2213 inv objet : Tc_0809 inv tessons : Tc_0809 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0259_p_0091 l. 8. Le bras est replié (cassure au coude), et la main tient, entre le pouce (brisé) et les autres doigts, longs et indistincts, un corps d'oiseau bien renflé. Sous l'avant-bras, plissé accordéon en relief, descendant. Bracelet au poignet, très net. Fragment de buste comportant l'avant-bras droit avec la main, et le drapé qui entoure le bras, sans l'arrière. Pâte de rose à brun rouge et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 6

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 →