Object card·SAL_3341·1968

Terracotta figurine base of a standing draped woman, Salamis

Terracotta figurine base of a standing draped woman, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3341. "Terracotta figurine base of a standing draped woman, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower part of a moulded hollow terracotta figurine of a standing draped woman, broken at knee height, with traces of the feet (carried away by the front break) and a fragment of the back; the type is a pillar type, with closed shoes on the feet. Greenish fabric with remains of a brown slip, traces of possibly red-brown paint on the surviving right join; oval base, back convex and poorly smoothed, coarse workmanship, H. 9.8 cm, l. 5 cm. Sector south of the rampart, square K VI/β3; Classical period; inventory Tc_0968; sketchbook page 25; slides C_3181; negative 00430_02; 30 August 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé type :Bases et pieds carre : K VI/β3 forme : Pieds chaussés de chaussures fermées caracterique : Type pilier arrière convexe, mal lissé facture grossière. H. 9,8 l. 5 Base ovale. Corps sans aucun relief, sauf une ligne verticale de séparation des jambes, en léger creux. Une autre ligne, perpendiculaire, semble marquer l'ourlet rectiligne d'une robe longue. diapositives : C_3181 inv objet : Tc_0968 inv tessons : Tc_0968 negatif : 00430_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0748_p_0164 traces de peinture brun rouge (?) sur le joint droit (seul conservé). Moulée creuse Partie inférieure d'une figurine, brisée à hauteur des genoux, avec traces des pieds (emportés par la cassure antérieure), et avec un fragment de l'arrière. Pâte verdâtre et restes d'un engobe brun

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