Object card·SAL_4814·1969

Fragment of a statuette of the Goddess with a Deer, area south of the rampart

Fragment of a statuette of the Goddess with a Deer, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4814. "Fragment of a statuette of the Goddess with a Deer, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower left edge fragment of a statuette with wrist and hand, horn and ears of an animal; the great goddess in her various aspects, type Goddess with a Deer, Classical period, from area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4. Chamois-coloured fabric, moulded hollow; very worn; back poorly smoothed, flat join, H. 10.5 cm. The arm hung down along the body, hand drooping with fingers differentiated except the little finger caught in the join with the back; between thumb and index the hand grips a deer's horn, below which the upright ears appear; a bracelet perhaps at the wrist, drapery indistinct. Inventory Tc_1767; 27 August 1969. Negative 01073_04; slide C_4823.

French, as on the record

negatif : 01073_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0208_p_0083 l. 4,6. Le bras était pendant le long du corps, main retombante, aux doigts différenciés, sauf l'auriculaire qui est pris dans le joint face-arrière chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ4 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 entre pouce et index, la main serre une corne de biche, en-dessous de laquelle apparaissent les oreilles dressées. Il semble qu'il y ait un bracelet au poignet. Drapé indistinct. très usé. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux Fragment de bord inférieur gauche de statuette, avec poignet et main, corne et oreilles d'animal arrière mal égalisé et non lissé, joint aplati. H. 10,5 diapositives : C_4823 inv objet : Tc_1767 inv tessons : Tc_1767

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