Terracotta head of the great goddess with calathos, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1535. "Terracotta head of the great goddess with calathos, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Head with a calathos, of the great goddess type (Classical period), in greenish fabric with a pale pinkish-beige slip, very clair and poorly preserved at the back; heavily worn, with a hollow-moulded back, smoothed, with careful joins. The calathos is open, with a row of 5 concave pellets as decoration and its top missing; H. 7.4 cm. The face is slightly oval with faded features except the nose; the hair appears curly (perhaps). The head is incomplete but retains the neck. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ2; inventory Tc_0283; negatives 02018_04 and 02018_05; slide C_1463; 21 March 1967.
French, as on the record
negatif : 02018_04
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0041_p_0044
forte usure. Pâte verdâtre et engobe beige rosé, très clair, mal conservé sur l’arrière. Moulée creuse
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
epoque : Classique
forme : La grande déesse à Calathos
objet : Tête conservées
type :Têtes avec coiffe
caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief
carre : K VI/δ2
num planche : PL_02
arrière lissé, joints soignés
décor : une rangée de 5 pastilles concaves.
manque le sommet du calathos
calathos ouvert. H. 7,4. Visage un peu ovale, aux traits effacés, sauf le nez. Cheveux bouclés (?). Calathos au bord inférieur en léger bourrelet
Tête incomplète, mais avec le cou
diapositives : C_1463
inv objet : Tc_0283
inv tessons : Tc_0283
negatif : 02018_05
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