Terracotta figurine of a woman in childbirth, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5256. "Terracotta figurine of a woman in childbirth, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Figurine of a parturient (woman in childbirth), wearing only a veil passing behind the shoulder, arm and left leg, and a cap resembling a thick turban (perhaps holding the veil). Hollow oval base. Red-brown clay covered with white-beige slip; hollow mould-made, brittle walls, convex back, smoothed, vent hole; 8 x 1.4 cm. Area south of the rampart, Salamis, object inventory Tc_2036; negative 01233_05; slide C_5289; 12 September 1969.
French, as on the record
Parturiente, seul vêtement, voile passant en arrière de l'épaule, du bras et de la jambe gauche. Bonnet, sorte de gros turban (retenant le voile?). Base ovale creuse. Argile brun-rouge couverte blanc-beige. Moulé creux, parois cassantes, arrière convexe, lissé, trou d'évent. 8 x 1,4
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
objet : Figurine
carre : K VI/δ4
diapositives : C_5289
inv objet : Tc_2036
inv tessons : Tc_2036
negatif : 01233_05
type :Parturiente
Corrections and additions
Can you tell us more about this?
If you can identify, date or place this item, or know where else it is recorded, we would like to hear.
