Object card·SAL_3908·1968

Moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4

Moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3908. "Moulded bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded terracotta figurine fragment of a bust, right side, with neck, shoulder and breast (surface of the breast torn away), l. 8.2 cm, H. 13.7 cm; the back is smoothed with a clear join. Fine brown-yellow fabric with a black core. A himation or mantle is draped over the shoulder and falls straight along the chest, with two long serpentine parotid locks reaching the breast; the tunic has a V-neck with its right branch surviving and fine pleats, and a crescent-moon pendant hangs at the centre of the base of the neck (its attachment not visible). Salamis, area south of the rampart, Classical period, square K VI/δ4; inventory Sc_1258; 18 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 infime fragment d'arrière conservé. Pâte brun jaune, au cœur noir. Moulé creux arrière lissé, joint net. H. 13,7 diapositives : C_3814 inv objet : Sc_1258 negatif : 00606_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0488_p_0141 Fragment de buste, côté droit, avec le cou, l'épaule, le sein (dont la surface est arrachée) l. 8,2. Manteau jeté sur l'épaule d'où il descend tout droit en longeant la poitrine. Sur ce vêtement de dessus retombent deux longues mèches parotides serpentines, jusqu'au sein. Tunique à décolleté en V, dont subsiste la branche droite et que suivent des plis fins. A la base du cou, au centre, pendentif en croissant de lune (on ne voit pas l'attache).

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