Object card·SAL_1130·1966

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_1130. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card for a head of the Great Goddess with a calathos, of the Classical period, from Salamis, Cyprus; sector Rampart, squares Γ23 and K V/δ10, inventory Tc_0183. Incomplete head, reddish-brown fabric, hollow mould, H. 13.6; the left side and the whole back are missing, the top of the calathos is broken, and the surface is very heavily damaged. The calathos is decorated with a row of convex pellets (2 of 6 in good condition) and a row of concave pellets (3 preserved), twice as large. Two joined fragments; the elongated face has effaced features and a prominent nose, and the continuous band of hair across the forehead is only vaguely visible. Inventory Tc_0183; 28 September 1966.

French, as on the record

Tête incomplète : manquent le côté gauche (cassure longeant l'œil gauche) et tout l'arrière sommet du calathos brisé surface très endommagée décor : une rangée de pastilles convexes (2 sur 6 en bon état) et une rangée de pastilles concaves (3 conservées), deux fois plus grosses. diapositives : C_1150 inv objet : Tc_0183 inv tessons : Tc_0183 negatif : 01963_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0028_p_0041 deux fragments recollés. Pâte brun rouge. Moulée creuse. H. 13,6. Visage allongé, aux traits effacés, d'où un nez proéminent. On ne devine que vaguement le bourrelet continu de cheveux sur le front. Calathos au bord inférieur indistinct 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_02 carre : Γ23 carre : K V/δ10 negatif : 01843_05 negatif : 01843_06

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