Object card·SAL_4160·1968

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding her breasts, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding her breasts, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4160. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding her breasts, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for a Classical terracotta figurine of a goddess holding her breasts, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus. The figurine is a fragment with the whole bust and both arms rejoined; red fabric with beige slip, hollow-moulded, with a strongly convex, smoothed back and clean joins. Its back is preserved but broken across the middle, with calcareous concretions on the surface and heavy wear; the bust resembles Sal_5234 but is cruder with fewer details, the arms folded with the hands holding the breasts from below, and only the V-neck is still visible. H. 8.8 cm; l. 11.1 cm. Inventory Tc_1461; slide C_4122; negative 00662_02; notebook page 37. 23 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ4 type :Déesse se tenant les seins arrière conservé, mais brisé au milieu concrétions calcaires sur la surface grande usure diapositives : C_4122 l. 11,1. Buste semblable à Sal_5234, mais en plus grossier, et avec moins de détails. Bras repliés, les mains tenant les seins par-dessous. Haut des bras court et fort. On ne distingue plus aucun détail, sauf le décolleté en V. inv objet : Tc_1461 inv tessons : Tc_1461 Fragment comportant le buste entier avec les deux bras negatif : 00662_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0379_p_0107 recollé. Pâte rouge, engobe beige. Moulé creux arrière fortement convexe et lissé, joints nets. H. 8,8

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