Object card·SAL_3340·1968

Clay figurine of a goddess holding her breast, Salamis

Clay figurine of a goddess holding her breast, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3340. "Clay figurine of a goddess holding her breast, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Solid-moulded clay figurine of a female figure holding one breast, with a flat back and very crude workmanship; the surface is eroded and the sandy, coarse pinkish-beige fabric is fired. The right arm is almost misshapen, bent across the front with the forearm rising obliquely onto the left breast and the right hand resting beneath it, while the left arm, barely distinct, hangs along the body; a circular pendant, which was perhaps held by a ribbon, can vaguely be made out between the breasts. The figurine is incomplete, lacking the head, neck and the part below the waist; H. 10.1 cm, l. 8 cm. Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/β3; inventory Tc_0967; 29 August 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/β3 type :Déesse se tenant les seins arrière entièrement plat facture très grossière. H. 10,1 diapositives : C_3180 inv objet : Tc_0967 inv tessons : Tc_0967 negatif : 00430_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0381_p_0108 surface rongée. Pâte beige rosé, sableuse, grossière. Moulée pleine l. 8. Figurine féminine se tenant un sein : le bras droit, presque difforme (il se rétrécit du haut jusqu'au poignet), est replié par-devant, l'avant-bras remontant fortement à l'oblique jusque sur le sein gauche sous lequel vient se poser la main droite. Le bras gauche, à peine distinct, descend le long du corps. On devine vaguement, entre les seins, une sorte de pendentif circulaire, qui devait être tenu par un ruban. Incomplète : il manque la tête et le cou, et la partie inférieure au-dessous de la taille chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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