Object card·SAL_0993·1966

Terracotta head fragment with calathos, Rampart sector

Terracotta head fragment with calathos, Rampart sector
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0993. "Terracotta head fragment with calathos, Rampart sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a head: convex part of a calathos, without the back. Pink fabric and white slip; hollow-moulded. H. 7.3 cm. Decoration in relief on the calathos: a rosette between two lotus flowers, with the start of a rosette on each side, and above, no decoration; part of the decoration is set between the lower edge of the calathos (?) and a striated band following the curve of the fragment, with at the base 3 tiny convex pastilles (almost 4 preserved) surmounted by rosettes (type 1) alternating with well-drawn lotus flowers. Classical period; Salamis, Rampart, square K V/δ10; β23. Inventory Tc_0102; 26 September 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief num planche : PL_03 carre : K V/δ10 carre : β23 negatif : 01843_04 il reste une rosette entre deux fleurs et, de chaque côté, le départ d'une rosette au-dessus, pas de décor. l. 8,7. Partie de décor inscrite entre le bord inférieur du calathos (?) et un bandeau strié qui suit la courbe du fragment : à la base, 3 minuscules pastilles convexes (presque 4 conservées), surmontées de rosettes (du type 1) en alternance avec des fleurs de lotus bien dessinées dessin : D_0620 diapositives : C_1030 inv objet : Tc_0102 inv tessons : Tc_0102 negatif : 01052_01 negatif : 01843_03 negatif : 01051_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0076_p_0050 Fragment de tête : partie convexe d’un calathos, sans l'arrière. Pâte rose et engobe blanc. Moulé creux. H. 7,3

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