Object card·SAL_4960·1969

Terracotta lyre-player fragment, Classical, Salamis

Terracotta lyre-player fragment, Classical, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4960. "Terracotta lyre-player fragment, Classical, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a Classical terracotta bust of a lyre-player (joueuse de lyre), from the group of cult personnel (agents du culte: joueuses de lyre-cithare), found in square K VI/γ4 (east) in the area south of the rampart at Salamis. Grey-yellow fabric, solid mould-made; the left side is broken and the lyre is lost, with only the start of the lyre visible on the left side of the bust; the right arm is folded forward at almost a right angle, the hand holding the plectrum below the left breast, with a bracelet at the wrist and a drapery edge running from the left shoulder to the waist on the right. H. 9 cm, W. 7.5 cm. Inventory Tc_1867; 2 September 1969. Slide C_4992; negative 01144_04.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare carre : K VI/γ4 (est) arrière plat. H. 9 l. 7,5. Il ne reste que le départ de la lyre sur le côté gauche du buste diapositives : C_4992 inv objet : Tc_1867 inv tessons : Tc_1867 negatif : 01144_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0388_p_0114 bras droit replié par-devant, presque à angle droit, la main tenant le plectre sous le sein gauche. Un bord de drapé part de l'épaule gauche vers la taille à droite. Bracelet au poignet. Fragment de buste, cassé côté gauche, lyre emportée. Pâte gris jaune. Moulé plein chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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