Object card·SAL_5038·1969

Goddess with deer, terracotta figurine, Classical

Goddess with deer, terracotta figurine, Classical
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5038. "Goddess with deer, terracotta figurine, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess accompanied by a deer, Classical period, Salamis, square K VI/γ4 (south-east), south of the rampart zone. The deer stands upright on its hind legs in profile facing left, alongside the goddess's knee, with a short tail; its legs appear at the extreme edge of the figurine. Fragment of the left edge of a statuette with the hindquarters of an animal on drapery; buff-pink fabric, moulded hollow, back smoothed with the finger; H. 12.1 cm, l. 5 cm. Inventory Tc_1920; slides C_5085; negative 01171_02; 4 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche caracterique : Biche dressée sur ses pattes postérieures le long de la figurine carre : K VI/γ4 (sud-est) arrière lissé au doigt. H. 12,1 l. 5. Biche dressée sur ses pattes postérieures, de profil gauche, queue courte, à hauteur du genou de la déesse, vers laquelle elle devait lever la tête. Les pattes apparaissent à l'extrême bord de la figurine. diapositives : C_5085 inv objet : Tc_1920 inv tessons : Tc_1920 negatif : 01171_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0197_p_0082 Fragment de bord gauche de statuette, avec arrière-train d'animal sur drapé. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux

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