Object card·SAL_4986·1969

Moulded hollow bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/γ4

Moulded hollow bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/γ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4986. "Moulded hollow bust of a standing woman, Classical, square K VI/γ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Left-side fragment of a moulded hollow bust of a standing woman, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), with a buff-yellow slip on pinkish-brown fabric; the back is smoothed and the join flattened. It shows the shoulder, upper arm, breast and back, with traces of sleeve slashes and an applied button (H. 10.8; l. 10 cm), a necklace of small round beads with conical pendants in a round tunic neckline, and a twisted parotid lock. Inventory Tc_1888; slide C_5018; negative 01151_03; 3 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes carre : K VI/γ4 (est) caracterique : Drapé du dessous : chiton, tunique arrière lissé, joint aplati élément rapporté : bouton. H. 10,8 diapositives : C_5018 inv objet : Tc_1888 inv tessons : Tc_1888 negatif : 01151_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0450_p_0137 Fragment de buste, côté gauche : épaule et haut du bras, sein, avec l'arrière. Pâte brun rosé et engobe jaune. Moulé creux l. 10. On devine encore des crevés de manche, avec un bouton rapporté. Dans un décolleté rond de tunique s'inscrit un collier de petites perles rondes à pendants coniques, en décalage les uns par rapport aux autres. Mèche parotide torsadée retombant toute droite à la lisière du bras et du buste. Les boutons devaient être rapportés.

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