Object card·SAL_5113·1969

Terracotta synplegma of two embracing figures, Salamis

Terracotta synplegma of two embracing figures, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5113. "Terracotta synplegma of two embracing figures, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Synplegma, two embracing figures kissing, the woman recognisable by her curly bun, on the left with her hand on the man's right shoulder. Buff clay, hollow-moulded, back slightly convex, heavily smoothed, with deep incisions for the fingers of the hand and the woman's bun. H. 4.7 cm, l. 6.1 cm. Inventory Tc_1971; 5 September 1969.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 diapositives : C_5154 inv objet : Tc_1971 inv tessons : Tc_1971 negatif : 04570_01 negatif : 04571_01 negatif : 04571_02 negatif : 01192_06 objet : Synplegma type :Masculin et féminin Synplegma, deux personnages enlacés s'embrassant (la femme reconnaissable à son chignon bouclé, à gauche main sur l'épaule droite de l'homme). Argile chamois. Moulé creux, arrière légèrement convexe, fortement lissé, incisions fortes pour les doigts de la main et le chignon de la femme. H. 4,7 l. 6,1 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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