Object card·SAL_4842·1969

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, area south of the rampart

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4842. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a flower, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the right side of a bust of a goddess, with forearm and hand but without the back, from the Classical period; the forearm rises across the bust, which is indicated only by a few widely spaced vertical folds of garment and by the concealed breast beneath the slight swelling of the wrist and hand, and the long, well-differentiated fingers, slightly drooping, hold a sort of flower between thumb and index finger, largely lost to the break; bracelet at the wrist. Split figurine, chamois-coloured fabric, moulded hollow, H. 10.2 cm, width 12.3 cm; square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Tc_1789; 28 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique caracterique : Déesse portant une fleur 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 num planche : PL_09 Fragment de buste, côté droit, avec l'avant-bras et la main, sans l'arrière l. 12,3. L'avant-bras remonte sur le buste qui n'est signalé au-dessus que par quelques plis verticaux de vêtement largement espacés, et aussi, sous le léger bombement du poignet et de la main, par le sein ainsi caché. La main, aux doigts longs bien différenciés qui retombent légèrement, tient, entre pouce et index faiblement écartés, une sorte de fleur, que la cassure a emportée presque entièrement. Bracelet au poignet. diapositives : C_4849 inv objet : Tc_1789 inv tessons : Tc_1789 negatif : 01076_06 figurine fendue. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux. H. 10,2 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0282_p_0095

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