Object card·SAL_3816·1968

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Classical

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3816. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the left side of a bust of a goddess from a mould-made terracotta figurine, with the upper arm and hand but no back; beige-pink fabric, hollow-moulded, H. 7.2 cm, l. 7.9 cm, with numerous calcareous concretions on the surface. The left hand, of which only the fingers remain except the little finger, holds a round fruit between thumb and index finger just below the left breast; the tunic has a rounded neckline and a cloak covers the upper arm, running obliquely from the shoulder towards the middle of the body, with a thick roll-shaped border. Classical period, found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4; inventory Tc_1196; slide C_3721; negative 00593_06; 16 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique forme : Produits de la terre objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/γ4 caracterique : Déesse portant un fruit diapositives : C_3721 inv objet : Tc_1196 inv tessons : Tc_1196 negatif : 00593_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0294_p_0097 nombreuses concrétions calcaires sur la surface. H. 7,2 Fragment du côté gauche d'un buste, avec le haut du bras et la main, sans l'arrière. Pâte beige rose. Moulé creux l. 7,9. La main gauche, dont ne restent que les doigts, sauf l'auriculaire, tient un fruit rond entre pouce et index juste sous le sein gauche. La tunique présente un décolleté arrondi. Un manteau couvre le haut du bras et part en oblique de l'épaule vers le milieu du corps, avec un bord en gros bourrelet.

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