Object card·SAL_4546·1968

Moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical period

Moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical period
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4546. "Moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, Classical period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing woman, showing the breast, shoulder and upper arm (?), without the back; the back is smooth with a ridged join. Buff-pink fabric with well-preserved cream slip. Width 9.6; height 11.3. A heavy mantle (himation) falls vertically from the shoulder beside the breast, which it leaves bare, in broad parallel folds in very marked relief; the breast is well rounded, underlined by a curve (?). Over the upper breast are remains of a necklace with four swollen conical pendants. To the left of the mantle is an unidentifiable element marked with vertical incisions, which probably covered the upper arm (?). Inventory Tc_1698; 4 October 1968. Salamis, south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ3 forme : Figurines moulées creuses caracterique : Drapé du dessus : himation, manteau type :Bustes Fragment de buste, côté gauche : sein, épaule et haut du bras (?), sans l'arrière. Pâte chamois rosé et engobe crème bien conservé. Moulé creux arrière lissé, joint en arête dessin : D_0501 diapositives : C_4541 inv objet : Tc_1698 inv tessons : Tc_1698 l. 9,6. Manteau lourd descendant verticalement de l'épaule, en bordure du sein qu'il laisse ainsi dégagé, en gros plis parallèles au relief très marqué. Sein bien galbé, souligné par une courbe (?). Couvrant le haut du sein, restes d'un collier : 4 pendants coniques renflés. A gauche du manteau apparaît un élément inidentifiable, marqué d'incisions verticales, qui devait couvrir le haut du bras (?). negatif : 00856_03 negatif : 00798_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0498_p_0142 incisions sur l'élément qui recouvre le haut du bras. H. 11,3

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