Object card·SAL_1102·1966

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1102. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete head with neck of the Great Goddess wearing a calathos, from the Rampart sector, square Γ23; K V/δ10, Classical period. Back smoothed but with coarse joins; eyes and chin damaged. Open calathos, H. 10.2 cm; rounded face, very worn, with only the nose and upper lip distinguishable. Hair slightly puffed and rolled at the sides around a roll visible only at the centre, in regular locks. Short calathos with a distinct, bead-like lower edge, decorated with a row of 7 slightly hollowed pellets, stopped short on the right; earring of a concave pellet with a well-preserved conical pendant. Top of the calathos very damaged. Red, sandy fabric; moulded hollow. Inventory Tc_0155; 28 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 Tête complète, avec le cou num planche : PL_14 carre : Γ23 carre : K V/δ10 arrière lissé, mais joints grossiers yeux et menton abîmés calathos ouvert. H. 10,2. Visage arrondi, très effacé, où l'on ne distingue que le nez et la lèvre supérieure. Cheveux légèrement gonflés et enroulés sur les côtés autour d'un boudin visible seulement au centre, en mèches régulières. Calathos court, au bord inférieur distinct, en bourrelet décor : une rangée de 7 pastilles un peu évidées, escamotées sur la droite. Boucle d'oreille : pastille concave et pendant conique bien conservé. dessin : D_0578 diapositives : C_0304 inv objet : Tc_0155 inv tessons : Tc_0155 negatif : 01938_03 negatif : 02001_03 negatif : 02001_04 negatif : 06478_06 negatif : 01088_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0027_p_0041 sommet du calathos très endommagé. Pâte rouge, sableuse. Moulée creuse

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