Object card·SAL_3768·1968

Terracotta draped standing female figurine, Classical, area south of the rampart

Terracotta draped standing female figurine, Classical, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3768. "Terracotta draped standing female figurine, Classical, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow-moulded terracotta draped standing female figure, from the left edge and central part below the waist, without the back; red-brown fabric with dark grey core and beige surface (slip?), with purple-red paint in places. Width 7.6 cm, height 6.6 cm; a fold of cloth gathered into three large round folds rises obliquely from below the waist to the left, and the rest of the fragment has broad recumbent folds at the centre and irregular vertical folds in strong relief at the edge (one with a V-shaped point); the join is poorly made, overflowing onto the surface where folds are reduced to ridges of clay. Classical period, square K VI/γ4, Salamis; inventory Tc_1169; slide C_3673; negative 00575_03; 13 September 1968.

French, as on the record

pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0616_p_0154 peinture rouge pourpre un peu partout. Moulé creux Fragment de bord gauche et de partie centrale, sous la taille, sans l'arrière. Pâte brun rouge à cœur gris sombre, surface beige (engobe ?) l. 7,6. A la cassure de droite, pan de tissu tassé en 3 gros plis ronds, remontant obliquement de dessous la taille vers la gauche. Tout le reste du fragment est occupé par de vastes plis couchés au centre, et par des plis verticaux irréguliers en fort relief sur le bord (avec même une pointe en V). chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Vêtement type :Drapés de la taille au cou-de-pied caracterique : Ceinture de manteau en plis tassés au-dessous de la taille joint mal fait, débordant sur la face, où des plis sont réduits à des replis de pâte. H. 6,6 diapositives : C_3673 inv objet : Tc_1169 inv tessons : Tc_1169 negatif : 00575_03

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