Object card·SAL_3109·1967

Standing draped female figurine, Sondage Z

Standing draped female figurine, Sondage Z
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3109. "Standing draped female figurine, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded standing female figurine, bust type, with a mantle belted at the waist; flat back unworked, joint clean, H. 5.8 cm. Surviving fragment of a bust and arm: upper arm with the elbow bend and the back, buff-pink fabric with grits and beige slip, l. 4.5 cm; the arm is folded across the front of the bust, and the bust shows the start of a belt of two thick rounded folds descending toward the waist (?), with a sleeveless tunic with a visible neckline at the shoulder; traces of purple-red paint on the garment. Classical period, Sondage Z, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory SAL_3109, Tc_0950; negative 00187, slide C_2961; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Manteau faisant ceinture à la taille negatif : 00187 carre : Puits M arrière plat, non travaillé, joint net. H. 5,8 Fragment de bras : haut du bras avec la pliure du coude, et l'arrière. Pâte chamois rosé, avec graviers, et engobe beige l. 4,5. Reste d'un bras replié par-devant sur le buste. Le fragment de buste conservé présente le départ, placé haut (au-dessus de l'avant-bras), d'une ceinture faite de deux gros plis ronds tassés qui descendent vers la taille (?). Tunique sans manches, à échancrure visible sur l'épaule. diapositives : C_2961 inv objet : Tc_0950 inv tessons : Tc_0950 traces de peinture rouge pourpre sur le vêtement. Moulé creux pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0531_p_0146

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