Object card·SAL_4420·1968

Terracotta bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4420. "Terracotta bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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Fragment of a mould-made hollow terracotta bust of a standing woman, right side with the back of the shoulder; pale pinkish-buff fabric with light ochre slip. Flat back, smoothed but poorly levelled; H. 13 cm, l. 6.5 cm. Across a wide rounded neckline, whose tunic folds follow the curve, runs a necklace of small beads, alternating every second bead with an ovoid pendant pointing downward. Classical period; sector: south of the rampart; square K VI/δ4; notebook page 41; inventory Tc_1626; 30 September 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique Fragment de buste, côté droit, avec l'arrière : épaule. Pâte chamois rosé et engobe ocre clair. Moulé creux arrière plat, lissé, mais mal égalisé. H. 13 l. 6,5. Dans un large décolleté arrondi, dont des plis de tunique suivent la courbe, s'inscrit un collier fait de petites perles, une perle sur deux soutenant un pendant ovoïde, pointe en bas. diapositives : C_4407 inv objet : Tc_1626 inv tessons : Tc_1626 negatif : 00767_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0438_p_0135 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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