Object card·SAL_3886·1968

Hollow-moulded bust of standing woman, Classical, Salamis

Hollow-moulded bust of standing woman, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3886. "Hollow-moulded bust of standing woman, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded terracotta bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical, from the area south of the Rampart, square K VI/δ4, inventory Tc_1242, with a heavy himation (mantle) thrown over the shoulder and descending diagonally across the bust, covering the upper arm, which seems to stand slightly away from the body; a fine tunic with an accolade-shaped neckline and fading vertical folds from shoulder to breast. Left side preserved with shoulder, upper arm and breast, without the back; green fabric with orange slip surviving only at the bottom of the fragment; H. 12 cm, l. 10.5 cm. Inventory Tc_1242; 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 l. 10,5. Manteau lourd jeté sur l'épaule et descendant en diagonale sur le buste diapositives : C_3792 inv objet : Tc_1242 inv tessons : Tc_0242 negatif : 00602_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0506_p_0143 Fragment de buste, côté gauche, avec l'épaule, le haut du bras, et le sein, sans l'arrière. Pâte verte et engobe orangé conservé seulement au bas du fragment. Moulé creux. H. 12 il couvre le haut du bras qui semble s'écarter légèrement du buste. Tunique fine à décolleté en accolade et à plis verticaux évanescents de l'épaule au sein, tandis que des plis très marqués irradient du sein.

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