Object card·SAL_5131·1969

Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, Classical, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, Classical, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5131. "Terracotta figurine fragment of a goddess, Classical, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Right side fragment of a bust of a standing woman, with the hand and without the back, holding an object (not preserved) on the bust with her arm bent; the figure is a Classical example of the great goddess in her various aspects, of the type of a goddess carrying an animal, a flower, a fruit or an object. Heavy wear; chamois fabric that is flaking; hollow-moulded; H. 6.5 cm, l. 7.7 cm. She holds an elongated object close to the breast (?), between the thumb and index finger, the only distinct ones; the hand emerges horizontally from a wide sleeve, with undifferentiated, flattened fingers. Area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_1984; 6 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 carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Porteuses d'offrandes indéterminées Fragment du côté droit d'un buste, avec la main, sans l'arrière diapositives : C_5172 grande usure. Pâte chamois, qui se délite. Moulé creux. H. 6,5 inv objet : Tc_1984 inv tessons : Tc_1984 negatif : 01196_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0310_p_0099 caracterique : Femme debout avec un objet (non conservé) sur le buste, bras replié elle tient près du sein (?), entre le pouce et l’index, seuls distincts, un objet allongé. l. 7,7. D'une vaste manche ressort la main, à l'horizontale, aux doigts non différenciés et comme écrasés

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