Object card·SAL_3892·1968

Fragment of a Classical figurine of a goddess holding a doe

Fragment of a Classical figurine of a goddess holding a doe
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3892. "Fragment of a Classical figurine of a goddess holding a doe". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Left-side fragment of a bust of a goddess holding a doe, with the doe's head and neck, in brownish, stained, crumbling clay; hollow-moulded, H. 6.2 cm, l. 7.5 cm. The small head of the doe, with long thin neck, is in profile to the left, between the breast and upper arm, raised to look upwards; the piece is very worn and damaged. Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Classical period. Inventory Tc_1248; slide C_3798; negative 00603_04; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

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 : Animaux caracterique : Déesse portant une biche dans les bras l. 7,5. Tête et cou de biche, de profil gauche, entre le sein et le haut du bras. Tête petite, au cou long et fin, qui se redresse pour regarder vers le haut. très abîmé et usé. Pâte brunâtre, tachée, qui se délite. Moulé creux. H. 6,2 Fragment de bord gauche de buste, sans l'arrière, avec tête et cou de biche diapositives : C_3798 inv objet : Tc_1248 inv tessons : Tc_1248 negatif : 00603_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0242_p_0088

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