Object card·SAL_4201·1968

Mould-made lyre player figurine fragment, Classical

Mould-made lyre player figurine fragment, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4201. "Mould-made lyre player figurine fragment, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a bust of a lyre player, broken on all sides and at the back, with a convex back smoothed over; the lower arc of the vent hole survives up to the upper break, H. 8.5 cm. Beige-pink fabric with yellow slip, hollow-moulded; l. 9 cm. The break on the left side marks where a lyre was, and only the right arm survives in relief, bent forward with the hand holding the plectrum between thumb and index finger beneath the chest. Inventory Tc_1491; 24 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/δ4 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare arrière convexe, lissé il reste l’arc inférieur du trou d’évent à la cassure supérieure. H. 8,5 diapositives : C_4164 inv objet : Tc_1491 inv tessons : Tc_1491 Fragment de buste cassé de tous côtés, avec l’arrière. Pâte beige rosé et engobe jaune. Moulé creux negatif : 00671_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0403_p_0116 l. 9. La cassure du côté gauche indique l’emplacement d’une lyre. Il ne reste en relief que le bras droit replié par-devant, la main tenant le plectre entre le pouce et l’index, sous la poitrine.

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