Object card·SAL_3907·1968

Hollow-moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis

Hollow-moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3907. "Hollow-moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded figurine of a standing woman in draped clothing, classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ4. Inventory Tc_1257; 18 September 1968. The figurine measures H. 9, l. 8.8 cm; it has a coarse back with hollows and bumps and wide clay burrs, and a right arm bent with the upper arm covered by a snake bracelet with four coiled rings and a half ring bearing the head, eye marked. Some faint folds appear on the left. The fragment is of the right arm, broken before the shoulder and before the wrist, with the back; the fabric is pinkish buff, hollow-moulded.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique dessin : D_0458 diapositives : C_3813 inv objet : Tc_1257 inv tessons : Tc_1257 negatif : 00606_05 arrière très grossier, avec creux et bosses, et larges bavures d'argile. H. 9 : l. 8,8. Bras droit replié, nu, le haut du bras étant recouvert, en revanche, par un bracelet-serpent, dont on distingue 4 anneaux enroulés et un demi-anneau portant la tête (œil marqué). Quelques plis évanescents à gauche. pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0465_p_0138 Fragment de bras droit, cassé avant l'épaule et avant le poignet, avec l'arrière. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé num planche : PL_13

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