Object card·SAL_2372·1967

Terracotta fragment of a deer held by a goddess, SAL_2372

Terracotta fragment of a deer held by a goddess, SAL_2372
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2372. "Terracotta fragment of a deer held by a goddess, SAL_2372". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the body of a deer on the forearm and left hand of a figure, without the rear part; fingers broken, surface chips. Red-brown fabric, hollow-moulded. H. 8.9 cm, l. 9.6 cm. The deer's body, in left profile, rests on the forearm and wrist, its forelegs on the hand and its hindquarters in the crook of the elbow; the thin left hind leg, with marked muscles and a well-drawn hoof, is folded parallel to the elbow. Arm bent at an acute angle against the torso; from the hand remain the base of the thumb, index and middle finger. Draped in heavy concentric folds on the forearm (long sleeve?). area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Classical period. Inventory Tc_0846; slide C_2255; negative 02158_05; 10 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 forme : Animaux caracterique : Déesse portant une biche dans les bras Fragment d'un corps de biche sur avant-bras et main gauches, sans l'arrière doigts brisés éclats de surface. Pâte brun rouge. Moulé creux. H. 8,9 diapositives : C_2255 inv objet : Tc_0846 inv tessons : Tc_0846 negatif : 02158_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0240_p_0088 l. 9,6. Le corps de la biche, de profil gauche, repose sur l'avant-bras et le poignet, les pattes antérieures sur la main, l'arrière-train dans le creux du coude, la patte postérieure gauche, fine, aux muscles marqués et au sabot bien dessiné, étant repliée parallèlement au coude. Bras replié à angle aigu sur le buste. De la main reste le départ du pouce, de l'index et du majeur. Drapé en gros plis concentriques sur l'avant-bras (manche longue ?).

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