Object card·SAL_4939·1969

Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, area south of the rampart

Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4939. "Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower left fragment of a figurine, with forearm and hand, in pinkish buff fabric, moulded hollow; H. 10.5 cm, l. 3.3 cm. The left arm hung along the body; the hand, whose fingers are barely sketched, holds pressed against the body an oval, slightly concave object, with a bracelet at the wrist. Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_1850; negative 01137_02; slide C_4974; 1 September 1969.

French, as on the record

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 carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées caracterique : Déesse tenant un objet (non déterminé) au bout du bras pendant Fragment de bord inférieur gauche de figurine, avec avant-bras et main. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux. H. 10,5 diapositives : C_4974 inv objet : Tc_1850 inv tessons : Tc_1850 negatif : 01137_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0326_p_0101 l. 3,3. Le bras gauche pendait le long du corps. La main, dont les doigts sont à peine esquissés, tient, plaqué contre le corps, un objet ovale, légèrement concave. Bracelet au poignet.

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