Object card·SAL_1623·1967

Terracotta head fragment with veil, Classical period

Terracotta head fragment with veil, Classical period
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1623. "Terracotta head fragment with veil, Classical period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a head, left side, with chin, damaged, neck and corresponding back; pale green fabric with faint traces of soft green paint; hollow-moulded, back carefully finished but with a poorly made join. H. 9.5 cm. Round, heavy chin; broad, strong neck. On the side, a lateral panel of head-dress or veil runs along the whole neck and clings to it. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Classical period, inventory Tc_0317; 21 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 forme : Pans latéraux de coiffes ou de voiles type :Coiffe non conservée diapositives : C_1548 inv objet : Tc_0317 inv tessons : Tc_0317 negatif : 02032_01 Fragment de tête, côté gauche, avec menton, endommagé, cou, et arrière correspondant. Pâte vert pâle pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0165_p_0065 traces infimes de peinture vert tendre. Moulé creux arrière soigné, mais joint mal fait. H. 9,5. Menton rond et lourd. Cou large et fort. Sur le côté, pan latéral de coiffe ou de voile tout le long du cou et même plaqué sur lui.

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