Object card·SAL_5136·1969

Goddess with deer, terracotta statuette fragment, Salamis

Goddess with deer, terracotta statuette fragment, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5136. "Goddess with deer, terracotta statuette fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower left fragment of a Classical terracotta statuette of the Great Goddess in her various aspects, the Goddess with a deer type, with the body of an animal rising on its hind legs along the figurine; the deer is shown in right profile, with its hind legs spread (?), a projecting thigh, a marked knee and a short tail, and vertical round folds to the left of the animal. Brownish fabric, burnt on the inside; hollow-moulded; H. 12.8 cm, l. 5.8 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1988; 6 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : La grande déesse sous ses divers aspects carre : K VI/δ4 forme : Déesse accompagnée d'une biche type :Déesse à la biche caracterique : Biche dressée sur ses pattes postérieures le long de la figurine diapositives : C_5177 inv objet : Tc_1988 inv tessons : Tc_1988 negatif : 01199_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0201_p_0082 l. 5,8. Biche dressée, de profil droit, sur ses pattes postérieures écartées (?), cuissot en saillie, genou marqué, petite queue. A gauche de l'animal, plis ronds verticaux. Fragment de bord inférieur gauche de statuette, avec corps d'animal cassé à peu près à mi-ventre, sur une partie convexe. Pâte brunâtre, brûlée à l'intérieur. Moulé creux. H. 12,8

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