Object card·SAL_2329·1967

Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Salamis

Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2329. "Terracotta figurine fragment, right hand on thigh, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Mould-made hollow terracotta figurine fragment of a standing female figure holding a fold of drapery or a piece of cloth, showing a right hand (four fingers, thumb missing) resting on the thigh (perhaps), with traces of green paint; the type is the Great Goddess in her various aspects, offering bearer (indeterminate form), Classical period. Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3; height 6.8 cm, width 4.9 cm, chamois fabric, long thin fingers with marked phalanges and nails, index finger bent, a fold to the right of the little finger and another at the tip of the middle finger. Inventory Tc_0811; slide C_2215; negative 02155_04; 8 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique num planche : PL_11 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 traces de peinture verte. Moulé creux. H. 6,8 diapositives : C_2215 inv objet : Tc_0811 inv tessons : Tc_0811 negatif : 02155_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0339_p_0103 Fragment de main droite (quatre doigts, manque le pouce) sur cuisse (?). Pâte chamois l. 4,9. Doigts longs et maigres, aux phalanges et aux ongles marqués. L'index est replié. On distingue un pli à droite de l'auriculaire et un autre au bout du majeur.

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