Object card·SAL_2362·1967

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman with an object, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman with an object, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2362. "Terracotta figurine of a standing woman with an object, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Standing female figurine of the Great Goddess, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3; inventory Tc_0837, 10 April 1967. Hand-made, roughly modelled, chamois fabric, moulded hollow; fragment of the left edge of a bust with the arm and hand, fingers broken, back missing; H. 8 cm, W. 8.3 cm. The left arm is bent at a right angle in front, the hand holds a large convex object, broken and unidentifiable, with a thumb large and strongly splayed from the other fingers, and a bracelet at the wrist in high relief.

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 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout avec un objet (non conservé) sur le buste, bras replié fabrication grossière (large bavure d’argile sur l’avant-bras). H. 8 dessin : D_2143 diapositives : C_2246 inv objet : Tc_0837 inv tessons : Tc_0837 negatif : 06807_01 negatif : 02160_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0312_p_0099 l. 8,3. Bras gauche replié à angle droit par-devant Fragment du bord gauche d’un buste, avec le bras et la main, doigts brisés, sans l’arrière. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux la main, grossièrement façonnée, sans aucun doigt distinct sinon le pouce, grand et fort, très écarté des autres doigts, tient un gros objet à surface convexe, cassé et inidentifiable. Pas de plis visibles. Bracelet au poignet, en haut relief.

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