Object card·SAL_1181·1966

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_1181. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the right side of the head and neck, with the back complete, found in square Γ23; K V/δ10 in the Rampart sector of Salamis. Coarse workmanship, green-grey fabric with a pink core and a deep yellow slip, H. 10 cm; only the lower cheek and rounded chin survive, with the neck marked by a Venus ring, and nothing is visible where the hair and the start of the calathos would be; the ear is covered by a shapeless lump. Inventory Tc_0222; 30 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 : Fragments carre : Γ23 carre : K V/δ10 gros arrachements de surface un peu partout diapositives : C_1199 inv objet : Tc_0222 inv tessons : Tc_0222 negatif : 01959_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0125_p_0059 Fragment de la partie droite de la tête et du cou, avec l'arrière complet facture grossière. Pâte vert-gris au cœur rose et engobe jaune soutenu. Moulé creux. H. 10. Il ne subsiste que le bas de la joue et l'arrondi du menton, ainsi que le cou, marqué d'un pli de Vénus. Il n'y a plus rien de visible à l'emplacement des cheveux et du départ du calathos quant à l'oreille, elle est couverte d'un pâton informe.

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