Object card·SAL_4440·1968

Terracotta figurine fragment of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis

Terracotta figurine fragment of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4440. "Terracotta figurine fragment of a standing woman holding drapery, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower right fragment of a hollow-moulded terracotta figurine of a standing woman, preserving the hand and wrist but not the back; the hand, long and fine, is turned to the left and holds a fold of drapery between thumb and index finger, with the forearm bent at a right angle. Length 7.4 cm, height 11.1 cm; chamois fabric with pale grey slip, surface burnt at the top of the fragment; fingers clearly drawn, the little finger unusually long; leg bent and turned to the right, with soft curved folds to the right of the knee and on the thigh; bracelet at the wrist. Classical period; found in the area south of the rampart at Salamis; object number SAL_4440, pottery number Tc_1641, drawing D_0562, slide C_4426, negative 00771_05. Square K VI/δ4. 1 October 1968.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu l. 7,4. Le bras droit pendait le long du corps, le poignet fléchi, la main, longue et fine, tournée vers la gauche et retenant un pli entre pouce et index joint à angle droit. H. 11,1 dessin : D_0562 diapositives : C_4426 inv objet : Tc_1641 inv tessons : Tc_1641 negatif : 00771_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0356_p_0105 Fragment de bord inférieur droit, avec la main et le poignet, sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois et engobe gris pâle surface brûlée au haut du fragment. Moulé creux doigts nettement dessinés, légèrement écartés les uns des autres, l'auriculaire étant anormalement long. Jambe fléchie et tournée vers la droite. Des plis flous, en courbe, apparaissent à droite du genou et sur la cuisse. Bracelet au poignet. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet

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