Object card·SAL_1192·1966

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_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

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