Object card·SAL_4404·1968

Terracotta draped female figure fragment, Classical period

Terracotta draped female figure fragment, Classical period
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4404. "Terracotta draped female figure fragment, Classical period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_4404: Classical-period terracotta fragment of a standing female figure in indeterminate drapery, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Salamis, Cyprus. Drapery fragment from the left thigh and knee with the back; the back is more or less flat, roughly smoothed, with a careless join. Pink fabric with ochre slip; hollow-moulded. H. 21,5 cm, l. 8,5 cm. Light folds formed by the slightly advanced knee, with a large round fold to the right; given its dimensions, the fragment probably belonged to a large terracotta statue. Inventory Tc_1613; 30 September 1968. Slide C_4391; negative 00757_01.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Vêtement type :Drapés de la taille au cou-de-pied caracterique : Fragments de drapés sur cuisse et genou arrière plus ou moins plat, mal lissé, joint négligé. H. 21,5 l. 8,5. Plis légers formés par le genou en légère avancée diapositives : C_4391 inv objet : Tc_1613 inv tessons : Tc_1613 negatif : 00757_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0692_p_0159 Fragment de drapé sur la cuisse et le genou gauches, avec l'arrière. Pâte rose et engobe ocre. Moulé creux gros pli rond à droite. Vu ses dimensions, ce fragment devait appartenir à une grande statue de terre cuite.

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