Object card·SAL_4406·1968

Terracotta statuette of a goddess with a deer, Salamis

Terracotta statuette of a goddess with a deer, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4406. "Terracotta statuette of a goddess with a deer, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for SAL_4406, a mould-made terracotta statuette of the type Déesse à la biche (goddess with a deer), from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3. Fragment of the lower right edge, largely covered by a standing deer, nearly complete apart from broken horns and muzzle tip; the deer has a long thin neck and an elongated muzzle, and the eye is indicated by a round spot. Chamois-coloured fabric, hollow-moulded, very worn; the back is smoothed and scraped with a cutting tool that left incisions. H. 16; l. 6.5. Classical period. Drawing D_0538, slides C_4393, negatives 05825_05 and 00757_04, plate PL_15, notebook page 41, inventory Tc_1615; 30 September 1968.

French, as on the record

dessin : D_0538 diapositives : C_4393 inv objet : Tc_1615 inv tessons : Tc_1615 negatif : 05825_05 negatif : 00757_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0216_p_0084 l. 6,5. Biche debout, le corps et les pattes antérieures de face, la tête et le cou de profil gauche. Museau allongé chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects num planche : PL_15 carre : K VI/δ3 caracterique : Biche debout à côté de la déesse, à droite ou à gauche forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche arrière conservé Fragment de bord inférieur droit de statuette, couvert presqu'entièrement par un animal debout, qui est quasiment complet (cornes et bout du museau brisés) cou mince et long. très usé. Pâte chamois soutenu. Moulé creux œil indiqué par une tache ronde arrière lissé et râclé avec un outil coupant qui a provoqué des incisions. H. 16

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