Object card·SAL_1585·1967

Terracotta head fragment with face, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment with face, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1585. "Terracotta head fragment with face, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Head fragment of a face without the back of the head, with nose, right cheek, mouth and partly torn-off chin; the mouth is wide and straight with a very clear outline, slightly open, with the left corner drooping, and a well-drawn labial groove and a faint depression below the lower lip. Chamois-pink fabric, moulded hollow, H. 6.4 cm, strong nose. Classical period; area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Salamis; inventory Tc_0307; slide C_1511; negatives 02023_05 and 02023_04. 22 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées carre : K VI/δ3 num planche : PL_07 type :Coiffe non conservée forme : Visages canal labial bien dessiné faible dépression sous la lèvre inférieure. diapositives : C_1511 inv objet : Tc_0307 inv tessons : Tc_0307 negatif : 02023_05 negatif : 02023_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0180_p_0067 bouche large et rectiligne, au dessin très net (comme inscrit dans un rectangle), entr'ouverte, à commissure gauche tombante Fragment de tête : visage sans l'arrière, avec nez, joue droite, bouche, menton en partie arraché. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux. H. 6,4. Nez fort

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