Object card·SAL_4943·1969

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, Classical period

Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, Classical period
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4943. "Terracotta figurine of a standing goddess, Classical period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_4943, from the area south of the rampart in Salamis, Cyprus, square K VI/δ4. Classical period. Terracotta figurine of a goddess (the great goddess in her various aspects) with a standing woman holding a fold of drapery or a piece of cloth; a fragment of the lower right edge, with hand and wrist, missing the back. Buff, rusted clay, glued together, with traces of green paint in the hollows of the folds; moulded hollow. H. 16.5 cm; l. 11.5 cm. She pinches a curved fold of cloth between thumb and index finger over her thigh; the knee was slightly advanced. A belt of somewhat twisted cloth roll appears on the left, and a bracelet is on the wrist. Inventory Tc_1854; 1 September 1969. Slide C_4978; negative 01138_03; notebook page 47.

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 : Femme debout retenant un pli de drapé ou un pan de tissu recollé. Pâte chamois, rouillée traces de peinture verte dans le creux des plis. Moulé creux. H. 16,5 diapositives : C_4978 inv objet : Tc_1854 inv tessons : Tc_1854 negatif : 01138_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0362_p_0105 Fragment de bord inférieur droit, avec main et poignet, sans l'arrière elle pince entre pouce et index un pli courbe sur la cuisse. Le genou était en faible avancée. A gauche, apparaît une ceinture faite d'un bourrelet d'étoffe quelque peu torsadé. Bracelet au poignet. l. 11,5. Main droite pendante ramenée légèrement vers la gauche, aux doigts distincts et fins

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