Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1192. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Hollow terracotta head of the Great Goddess with a calathos, H. 8.1 cm; inventory Tc_0229. Only the outline of the oval face remains, the face having been completely torn away; the calathos is indistinct at its lower edge, and the back is broken at the base and strongly convex; the head is incomplete, with the calathos broken at the upper right. Beige, dark-cored paste, moulded hollow; the decoration is complex, similar to that of Sal_4452, with small ring-and-bead motifs, ovolo, a bead band, a striated band and relief crenellations, and a sketch of an earring on the left. Salamis, Rampart, square Γ23; K V/δ10, negative 01963_02, drawing D_0571, slides C_1210; 1 October 1966.
French, as on the record
inv tessons : Tc_0229
negatif : 01963_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0120_p_0058
calathos creux. H. 8,1. Il ne reste du visage que le contour, ovale. Cheveux formant un bourrelet frontal continu. 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
carre : Γ23
carre : K V/δ10
état de conservation très mauvais : visage complètement arraché. Pâte beige, foncé. Moulée creuse
arrière brisé à la base
arrière fortement convexe
décor complexe, semblable à celui de Sal_4452 : petits anneaux à perle centrale, oves, bourrelet, bandeau strié, créneaux en relief. Esquisse d'un pendant d'oreille à gauche.
Tête incomplète : calathos cassé en haut à droite
dessin : D_0571
diapositives : C_1210
inv objet : Tc_0229
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.