Object card·SAL_5213·1964–1974

Lyre-player figurine fragment, Salamis

Lyre-player figurine fragment, Salamis
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5213. "Lyre-player figurine fragment, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta figurine of a lyre-player (joueuse de lyre), classed among cult personnel: lyre-cithara players. Pink fabric with white slip, solid mould-made; the lyre is detached from the left side of a bust, its right side pressed flat against the bust, with the upper upright and string attachments and four very finely drawn strings visible. The back is slightly convex with an unevenly smoothed surface. Fragment: H. 11.6 cm, W. 3.2 cm; lyre L. 7.5 cm, H. 7 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ4, in the classical period; sketchbook page 51, inventory Tc_2017 (object and sherds), slide C_5254, negatives 01221_01 and 01220_05.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/δ4 l. 7,5. Lyre h. 7 arrière légèrement convexe, à la surface mal égalisée. Frag. H. 11,6 diapositives : C_5254 inv objet : Tc_2017 inv tessons : Tc_2017 negatif : 01221_01 negatif : 01220_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0407_p_0117 type :Joueuse de Lyre l. 3,2. Le côté droit de la lyre est pour ainsi dire « écrasé » contre le buste. On distingue le montant supérieur avec l'attache des cordes, et les 4 cordes elles-mêmes, très finement dessinées. La base est arrondie. objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare Lyre détachée du côté gauche d'un buste. Pâte rose et engobe blanc. Moulée pleine

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