Object card·SAL_3844·1968

Fragment of a statuette of the goddess with deer, Classical

Fragment of a statuette of the goddess with deer, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3844. "Fragment of a statuette of the goddess with deer, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower left fragment of a statuette of the great goddess with a deer, against drapery; the back is smoothed and survives, pale green paste, moulded hollow, very negligent workmanship, H. 6.5 cm, l. 6.2 cm. The deer is shown body-on, turned to the right, with a swollen chest and strongly projecting haunches, and a few flat folds appear to the left of its neck. Classical period; sector south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, inventory Tc_1215, negative 00598_05; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Biche debout à côté de la déesse, à droite ou à gauche forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche arrière lissé arrière conservé. Pâte vert pâle. Moulé creux facture très négligée. H. 6,5 diapositives : C_3750 inv objet : Tc_1215 inv tessons : Tc_1215 negatif : 00598_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0220_p_0085 Fragment de bord inférieur gauche de statuette, avec un corps d'animal (base du cou, avant-train, départ des pattes antérieures) contre un drapé l. 6,2. Biche : corps de face, tendu vers la droite, poitrail renflé, cuissots en forte saillie. A la gauche du cou de la biche apparaissent quelques plis couchés.

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