Object card·SAL_4328·1968

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4328. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Right fragment of a bust of a goddess with her right hand, without the back, in grey-buff clay, mould-made and hollow, H. 9 cm, width 6.5 cm. The hand, in strong relief with very distinct fingers, holds a round object that may be a fruit between thumb and index finger, pressed against the chest; a bracelet is visible at the wrist. Object card, Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1574; slide C_4315; negative 00721_03; 27 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique 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 caracterique : Déesse portant un fruit diapositives : C_4315 inv objet : Tc_1574 inv tessons : Tc_1574 negatif : 00721_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0289_p_0096 l. 6,5. La main, en fort relief et aux doigts très distincts, tient, entre pouce et index, la paume contre le buste, un objet rond qui peut être un fruit. On distingue un bracelet au poignet. Deux plis de drapé descendent sur le poignet, puis réapparaissent en-dessous de la main. Fragment droit de buste, avec la main droite, sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois gris. Moulé creux. H. 9

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