Object card·SAL_3933·1968

Hollow mould-made bust fragments, standing draped female figure, Salamis

Hollow mould-made bust fragments, standing draped female figure, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3933. "Hollow mould-made bust fragments, standing draped female figure, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow mould-made bust of a standing draped female figure, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis; sector south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4, inventory Tc_1283, slide C_3851, negative 00611_04. Fragments of neck, breasts, shoulders, arms and hands; the surviving right arm fragment (l. 4.7 cm) hangs along the body with the hand slightly turned onto its right side, the start of the thumb and index finger visible, and a twisted bracelet at the wrist, in red-brown fabric with a cream-yellow slip. The join, smoothed over the back of the arm and hand, shows clay burrs (H. 8 cm). Inventory Tc_1283; 18 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains joint confondu par lissage avec l'arrière du bras et de la main, mais avec des bavures d'argile. H. 8 diapositives : C_3851 inv objet : Tc_1283 inv tessons : Tc_1283 negatif : 00611_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0571_p_0149 Fragment de bras droit : extrémité de l’avant-bras, poignet, départ de la main, sans l'arrière. Pâte brun rouge et engobe jaune crème. Moulé creux l. 4,7. Le bras pendait le long du corps, la main légèrement renversée sur son côté droit on distingue le départ du pouce et de l'index. Bracelet torsadé au poignet.

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