Object card·SAL_3242·1965

Moulded terracotta figurine bust, draped woman, Classical

Moulded terracotta figurine bust, draped woman, Classical
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3242. "Moulded terracotta figurine bust, draped woman, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded terracotta bust of a standing draped woman, Classical period, from Salamis, Cyprus. Fragment of an arm with the upper right arm draped, back unworked; dark buff, coarse, sandy fabric, badly fired. Height 7.5 cm, width 4.8 cm (back) / 2.1 cm (front); trace of three applied buttons on a pierced sleeve, now lost. Inventory SAL_3242; inventory Tc_0959; negative 00258; drawing D_0456; slides C_3090; plate PL_13; April 1965.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé num planche : PL_13 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique negatif : 00258 arrière plat, non travaillé éléments rapportés : boutons. H. 7,5 l. 4,8 (arrière)/2,1 (face). L'on ne voit plus que la trace, très nette, en creux, de trois boutons d'une manche à crevés, boutons qui étaient rapportés et qui ont disparu. Fragment de bras : haut du bras droit drapé, avec l'arrière. Pâte chamois foncé, grossière, sableuse, très mal cuite. Moulé creux chantier : Sans provenance dessin : D_0456 diapositives : C_3090 inv objet : Tc_0959 inv tessons : Tc_0959 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0461_p_0138

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