Object card·SAL_4606·1964–1974

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4606. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a fruit, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made terracotta figurine of a goddess, with the left breast and left hand but without the back; pinkish chamois fabric; hollow-moulded. H. 8.6 cm, W. 7.4 cm. The hand has distinct, though flattened, fingers and holds a round fruit with a slight cleft, between thumb and index finger spread apart, just below the breast. A V-shaped open neckline is also visible, the breast moulded through the tunic; to the left of the breast a thick vertical ridge may represent a thick fold of drapery, or a large parotid lock (?). Classical period; square K VI/δ4, south of the rampart area; inventory Tc_0369; drawing D_0528; slide C_4601; negative 00923_02.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique forme : Produits de la terre objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects type :Déesse portant un animal, une fleur, un fruit, un objet carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Déesse portant un fruit num planche : PL 10 Fragment, avec le sein gauche et la main gauche, sans l’arrière. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux. H. 8,6 dessin : D_0528 diapositives : C_4601 inv objet : Tc_0369 negatif : 00923_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0293_p_0097 l. 7,4. Main aux doigts distincts (mais aplatis). Elle tient, entre pouce et index bien écartés, juste sous le sein, un fruit rond marqué d'une légère fente. On aperçoit aussi un décolleté en V ouvert, le sein étant moulé par la tunique. A gauche du sein, un gros bourrelet vertical peut représenter un pli épais de drapé, ou une grosse mèche parotide (? ).

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