Object card·SAL_3895·1968

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3895. "Terracotta figurine of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_3895 records a hollow mould-made figurine of a standing woman holding a fold of drapery, from the Great Goddess series (type: goddess holding an animal, flower, fruit or object), Classical period, from square K VI/γ4 in the area south of the rampart at Salamis. Fabric greenish; back preserved, smoothed, with a dented join; heavily worn; H. 8.9 cm, l. 5.4 cm (back) / 3.5 cm (front); fragment of right forearm with hand, the arm hanging along the body and the forearm brought to the left, the hand turned over to the right side, fingers indistinct except for the thumb widely separated from the others, with a fold passing between them. Inventory Tc_1249; slide C_3801; negative 00604_01; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées arrière conservé caracterique : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu arrière lissé, joint bosselé. H. 8,9 grande usure. Pâte verdâtre. Moulé creux l. 5,4 (arrière)/3,5 (face). Le bras pendait le long du corps. L'avant-bras et la main sont ramenés sur la gauche, la main renversée sur le côté droit, doigts indistincts, sauf le pouce, très écarté des autres doigts, un pli passant entre eux. Fragment d'avant-bras droit avec la main diapositives : C_3801 inv objet : Tc_1249 inv tessons : Tc_1249 negatif : 00604_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0346_p_0104 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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