Object card·SAL_3966·1968

Terracotta lyre player figurine fragment, Classical

Terracotta lyre player figurine fragment, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3966. "Terracotta lyre player figurine fragment, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card: Terracotta fragment of the upper body of a lyre player, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ4. The bust is broken on the left, carrying away the breast and the lyre; the right arm is folded forward with the hand holding the plectrum, and a drapery runs from the left shoulder around the right elbow and upper arm. H. 8.7 cm, l. 6.1 cm. Pinkish-beige fabric containing iron oxides, giving it a rusty appearance; solid mould-made. Inventory Tc_1310; slide C_3887; negative 00618_06; 18 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/γ4 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare arrière plat. H. 8,7 l. 6,1. La cassure du buste à gauche a emporté le sein et la lyre. Le bras droit est replié par-devant et la main tient le plectre. Un drapé part de l'épaule gauche pour aller envelopper en une vaste courbe le coude et le haut du bras droits. diapositives : C_3887 inv objet : Tc_1310 inv tessons : Tc_1310 negatif : 00618_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0390_p_0114 Fragment de buste cassé côté gauche, lyre emportée et sein brisé. Pâte beige rosé contenant des oxydes de fer, d'où son aspect de rouille. Moulé plein

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