Object card·SAL_3817·1968

Hollow mould-made bust of a standing woman, Salamis

Hollow mould-made bust of a standing woman, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3817. "Hollow mould-made bust of a standing woman, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow mould-made bust of a standing woman, right side, without the back: breast and shoulder, with a deeply V-shaped neckline of the tunic edge in relief, a crescent moon with a small central pearl at its point, and a thick twisted parotid lock falling in front of the shoulder. Fabric salmon-pink, slip beige-yellow; H. 5.4 cm. Classical period; findspot: area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4; inventory Tc_1197; negative 00593_05; slides C_3722; 16 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique l. 5. Un bord de tunique en relief dessine un décolleté en V profond, dans la pointe duquel apparaît un croissant de lune (avec petite perle centrale), tenu sans doute par un ruban qui n'est pas visible. A la lisière du bras et du buste, en avant de l'épaule, retombe une belle mèche parotide torsadée, épaisse. diapositives : C_3722 inv objet : Tc_1197 inv tessons : Tc_1197 negatif : 00593_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0427_p_0134 Fragment de buste, côté droit, sans l'arrière : sein et épaule. Pâte rose saumon et engobe beige jaune. Moulé creux. H. 5,4

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