Object card·SAL_4386·1968

Lyre-cithara player fragment, square K VI/γ4, Classical

Lyre-cithara player fragment, square K VI/γ4, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4386. "Lyre-cithara player fragment, square K VI/γ4, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

Other image (1)

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a lyre player, Classical period, from square K VI/γ4 in the area south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus; H. 9.2 cm. The lyre is broken on its three outer sides, and the head, neck and lower part are missing; the back is entirely flat and smoothed, with heavy wear. The pink paste has a beige core and beige slip, and the figure is solid-moulded. The right arm is folded across the front, the hand holding the plectrum under the chest between thumb and index finger, with a mantle edge from the left shoulder to the waist and a small bead necklace perhaps visible (bracelet at the wrist (?)); slide C_4373, negative 00708_02; inventory Tc_1609; 28 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/γ4 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare l. 9. La lyre se présente dans l'exact prolongement du flanc gauche. Le bras droit est replié par-devant, la main, aux doigts à peine distincts, tenant le plectre sous la poitrine entre pouce et index. On ne distingue pratiquement plus aucun relief, sinon un bord de manteau en bourrelet allant de l'épaule gauche à la taille en couvrant le sein gauche. On devine un collier de petites perles ras le cou, inscrit dans un décolleté arrondi peu profond. Bracelet au poignet (?). lyre cassée sur ses trois côtés extérieurs Incomplète : il manque la tête, le cou et la partie inférieure diapositives : C_4373 inv objet : Tc_1609 inv tessons : Tc_1609 negatif : 00708_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0386_p_0113 arrière entièrement plat et lissé (en tous sens, selon les traces de lissage). H. 9,2 grande usure. Pâte rose à cœur beige et engobe beige. Moulée pleine

Corrections and additions

Can you tell us more about this?

If you can identify, date or place this item, or know where else it is recorded, we would like to hear.

We would like to hear about

  • What it shows or records
  • Its date, place or author
  • Where else it is published or held
  • A mistake in our description

Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

More from Salamis

16,340 items in the archiveThe site →