Object card·SAL_3847·1968

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, fragment, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, fragment, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3847. "Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the right side of a bust of a standing woman holding an object (not preserved) on the chest, with the arm, hand and back broken away; buff fabric, hollow-moulded, H. 8 cm, l. 7.8 cm. The right arm is bent forward at almost a right angle, the forearm rising very slightly over the bust; the hand has distinct but broken fingers (thumb, index and middle finger slightly spread) and perhaps held something. The arm and half of the right breast are covered by drapery, and a tunic with a visible neckline moulds the rest of the chest. Classical period. Object SAL_3847, inventory Tc_1218; sector: south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; negative 00599_02; slide C_3753; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

negatif : 00599_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0304_p_0098 Fragment du côté droit d'un buste, avec le bras, main brisée, sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 8 la main aux doigts distincts, mais brisés (pouce, index et majeur un peu écartés), tenait sans doute quelque chose. Le bras est entièrement recouvert par un drapé, ainsi que la moitié du sein droit. Une tunique, dont on entrevoit le décolleté, moule le reste de la poitrine. 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 carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout avec un objet (non conservé) sur le buste, bras replié l. 7,8. Bras droit replié par-devant presque à angle droit, l'avant-bras remontant très légèrement sur le buste diapositives : C_3753 inv objet : Tc_1218 inv tessons : Tc_1218

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