Object card·SAL_3992·1968

Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical

Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3992. "Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow-moulded bust, right half, with breast, shoulder and upper arm, lacking the back; from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Classical period. Pink-beige fabric with cream slip; H. 6.9 cm, W. 6 cm. Wavy folds of drapery (perhaps a tunic), faint trace of a necklace above the breast, and a twisted parotid lock to the right of the breast. Inventory Tc_1326; 19 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 type :Bustes caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains Fragment de buste, moitié droite, avec le sein, l'épaule, le haut du bras, sans l'arrière. Pâte beige rosé et engobe crème. Moulé creux. H. 6,9 l. 6. Vagues plis de drapé (tunique ?). Trace évanescente d'un collier au-dessus du sein. Mèche parotide torsadée à droite du sein. diapositives : C_3916 inv objet : Tc_1326 inv tessons : Tc_1326 negatif : 00624_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0536_p_0146

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