Object card·SAL_4301·1968

Terracotta lyre-player figurine fragment, Classical, Salamis

Terracotta lyre-player figurine fragment, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4301. "Terracotta lyre-player figurine fragment, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made hollow terracotta figurine of a lyre-player, pink fabric and worn, showing a right hand holding a plectrum pressed against a bust at waist height (?), without the back. H. 7.5 cm, l. 5.5 cm; the hand barely stands out from the body, and only the thumb is clearly distinct, with a fold of drapery marking the wrist. Classical period; from the area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1558; negative 00744_05; slide C_4265; 26 September 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique carre : K VI/δ4 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare usure. Pâte rose. Moulé creux. H. 7,5 diapositives : C_4265 inv objet : Tc_1558 inv tessons : Tc_1558 negatif : 00744_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0405_p_0116 l. 5,5. Main droite tenant un plectre : elle se distingue mal du corps, et seul le pouce est vraiment distinct. Un pli de drapé souligne le poignet. Fragment comportant une main plaquée sur un buste, à hauteur de la taille (?), sans l'arrière chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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