Object card·SAL_4296·1968

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4296. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the left edge of a bust of a goddess, without the arm and without the back. Chamois clay, moulded hollow. H. 10 l. 8. The fingers of the left hand, barely sketched, form a right angle, and the palmette flower seems to emerge from inside the hand; to the right of the hand, the garment forms vertical folds; the whole is in very high relief. Classical period; sector area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1553; negative 00743_06; slide C_4260; 26 September 1968.

French, as on the record

Fragment du bord gauche d'un buste, sans le bras et sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 10 diapositives : C_4260 inv objet : Tc_1553 inv tessons : Tc_1553 negatif : 00743_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0281_p_0095 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique caracterique : Déesse portant une fleur forme : Produits de la terre objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/δ4 l. 8. Les doigts de la main gauche, à peine esquissés, forment un angle droit, et la fleur, en palme, sort pour ainsi dire de l'intérieur de la main. A droite de la main, le vêtement forme des plis verticaux. L'ensemble est en très fort relief.

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