Object card·SAL_3860·1968

Hollow-moulded standing female figurine fragment, area south of the rampart

Hollow-moulded standing female figurine fragment, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3860. "Hollow-moulded standing female figurine fragment, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Right shoulder fragment with the back of a standing female figurine, hollow-moulded in grey-green buff fabric with a light orange slip, Classical period, from square K VI/δ4 in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Cyprus. It preserves a heavy himation draped over the shoulder and down the bust in a diagonal, with a broad bolster border, the start of a round tunic neckline and the end of a twisted parotid lock on the shoulder; the back is worn and shows finger impressions on the join, H. 7.8 cm, l. 3.2 cm. Inventory Tc_1230; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses caracterique : Drapé du dessus : himation, manteau type :Bustes Fragment d'épaule droite, avec l'arrière. Pâte gris vert clair et engobe orangé clair. Moulé creux l. 3,2. Lourd manteau posé sur l'épaule et descendant en diagonale sur le buste, avec une bordure en large bourrelet. Départ d'un décolleté rond de tunique. Extrémité d'une mèche parotide torsadée sur l'épaule. arrière usé, empreintes de doigts sur le joint. H. 7,8 diapositives : C_3766 inv objet : Tc_1230 inv tessons : Tc_1230 negatif : 00588_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0503_p_0143

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