Object card·SAL_5000·1969

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a dove, Classical

Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a dove, Classical
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5000. "Terracotta figurine of a goddess holding a dove, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a bust of the great goddess in all her aspects, broken on both sides so that both arms are missing; the left breast is damaged and the back is not preserved. Red-brown fabric with white slip, moulded hollow, H. 9.6 cm, l. 7.7 cm. The right arm was bent and the hand rests on the chest, holding between thumb and tightly closed but distinct fingers a dove-type bird with a well-rounded body, small round head in right profile and pointed beak turned towards the left breast; only the right hand survives, hiding the lower part of the bird. A necklace of beads and triangular pendants, hardly distinct from one another, lies in a wide pointed décolletage, and a bracelet is at the wrist. Classical period; south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4 (east); inventory Tc_1898; 3 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 num planche : PL_09 caracterique : Déesse portant un oiseau forme : Animaux carre : K VI/δ4 (est) Fragment de buste, cassé sur les deux côtés, si bien qu'il manque les deux bras sein gauche abîmé arrière non conservé. Pâte brun rouge et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 9,6 dessin : D_0532 diapositives : C_5051 inv objet : Tc_1898 inv tessons : Tc_1898 negatif : 01158_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0254_p_0090 l. 7,7. Le bras droit était replié, et la main tient sur la poitrine, entre le pouce et les autres doigts serrés, mais distincts, un oiseau du type colombe : corps bien renflé, petite tête ronde de profil droit, bec pointu tourné vers le sein gauche. Dans un décolleté largement évasé et en pointe, collier fait de perles et de pendants triangulaires peu distincts les uns des autres. Bracelet au poignet. seule subsiste la main droite qui cache le bas de l’oiseau

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