Object card·SAL_4272·1968

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fawn, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fawn, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4272. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fawn, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_4272, Animals form: a goddess carrying a fawn in her arms, classified as the Great Goddess in her various aspects (type: goddess carrying an animal, flower, fruit or object). Fragment of a bust at waist height, without the back; chamois fabric, mould-made hollow; H. 10.6, l. 9.8 cm. It seems to be a pleated drape at the waist, gathered by an invisible cord, with large round vertical folds in strong relief above other round folds (perhaps fan-shaped); on one of the upper folds, a forked hoof of a deer is perhaps visible, the animal being held in the arms. Classical period. Findspot: square K VI/γ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1535; slide C_4236; negative 00688_06; notebook page 39. 26 September 1968.

French, as on the record

forme : Animaux caracterique : Déesse portant une biche dans les bras l. 9,8. Il semble que l'on ait affaire à un drapé pliséé sur la taille, resserré par une cordelette invisible, d'où de gros plis ronds verticaux dextroverses, en fort relief, au-dessus d'autres plis ronds (en éventail ?). Sur l'un des plis de dessus, on devine un sabot fourchu de biche, l'animal devant être tenu dans les bras. diapositives : C_4236 inv objet : Tc_1535 inv tessons : Tc_1535 negatif : 00688_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0250_p_0090 Fragment de buste à hauteur de la taille, sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 10,6 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/γ4

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