Object card·SAL_5154·1969

Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, Salamis

Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5154. "Moulded terracotta bust of a standing woman, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded terracotta fragment of a bust, left side, with the shoulder and upper part of the arm preserved; reddish-brown fabric with beige slip, back smoothed to an acute angle, H. 14.5 cm, W. 11 cm. A heavy mantle lies over the shoulder in superimposed flat folds, with two long serpentine parotid locks falling in front of the shoulder; the figure is a standing woman, classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, inventory Tc_1997; 8 September 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/δ4 arrière lissé, à angle aigu. H. 14,5 diapositives : C_5191 forme : Figurines moulées creuses inv objet : Tc_1997 inv tessons : Tc_1997 caracterique : Drapé du dessus : himation, manteau negatif : 01208_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0493_p_0141 type :Bustes l. 11. Lourd manteau sur l'épaule, en plis plats couchés superposés, très nettement délimités (creux et reliefs marqués). Retombée de deux longues mèches parotides serpentines en avant de l'épaule. Fragment de buste, côté gauche, avec l'épaule et le haut du bras arrière conservé. Pâte brun rouge et engobe beige. Moulé creux

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