Object card·SAL_4051·1968

Moulded hollow bust of a standing draped woman, Classical

Moulded hollow bust of a standing draped woman, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4051. "Moulded hollow bust of a standing draped woman, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a hollow-moulded bust, left side, with the shoulder, upper arm and breast; red fabric with cream slip; reliefs very pronounced. H. 7.8; l. 7. It seems to wrap the upper arm, forming a mid-length sleeve? Tunic with a deep V neckline. A heavy mantle rests on the shoulder like a cape (?) and falls vertically along the breast in large parallel round folds. Inventory Tc_1375; 20 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 Fragment de buste, côté gauche, avec l'épaule, le haut du bras, le sein. Pâte rouge et engobe crème. Moulé creux reliefs très accentués. H. 7,8 il semble envelopper le haut du bras, faisant manche mi-longue? Tunique à profond décolleté en V. diapositives : C_4000 inv objet : Tc_1375 inv tessons : Tc_1375 negatif : 00636_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0491_p_0141 l. 7. Lourd manteau posé sur l'épaule, comme une cape (?), et descendant verticalement le long du sein en gros plis ronds parallèles

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