Object card·SAL_3732·1968

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3732. "Terracotta figurine of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta figurine of an offering-bearer, probably a standing woman holding a fold of drapery, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Cyprus, square K VI/γ4. Classical period; fingers broken and worn, back preserved, buff fabric, moulded hollow. Fragment of the lower right edge with hand and wrist, H. 5,4 cm, l. 4,5 cm; the right hand hangs against the body and the thumb and index finger perhaps pinch a fold of drapery; bracelet at the wrist. Inventory Tc_1149; 12 September 1968.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu doigts brisés et effacés arrière conservé. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 5,4 diapositives : C_3570 inv objet : Tc_1149 inv tessons : Tc_1149 Fragment de bord inférieur droit, avec la main et le poignet negatif : 00570_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0342_p_0103 l. 4,5. Main droite pendante, la paume plaquée contre le corps. Les doigts ne sont plus distincts, s'ils l'ont été, sauf le pouce, long et fin, et l'index, qui pincent sans doute un pli de drapé. Bracelet au poignet. 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

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