Object card·SAL_1870·1967

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1870. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card (SAL_1870) for a terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the area south of the rampart, Classical period, square K VI/δ3, inventory Tc_0472 (object and sherds), photograph negative 01969_01, slide C_1781, plate PL_01, notebook page 12. The head is incomplete, with the start of the neck; almost all of the left half is missing, including the calathos, along a vertical break passing through the middle of the left eye and cheek. Beige fabric, hollow mould, H. 10.8 cm; the brow ridge is marked, the nose long and continuing the line of the forehead, the eyes almond-shaped with sharp outlines, the mouth closed and clearly drawn with raised corners, and the labial groove indicated. The hair is in thick, stiff locks with strong incisions converging towards the centre, where a knot or chignon was probably placed; a veil rests on the hair and falls back behind the ears. The calathos rises straight and has a distinct rounded band at its lower edge. Date: 31 March 1967.

French, as on the record

arcade sourcilière marquée manque presque tout l'arrière nez long, dans le prolongement du front éclat au milieu du front calathos brisé au sommet. Pâte beige. Moulée creuse. H. 10,8. Yeux en amandes, aux contours aigus Tête incomplète, avec départ du cou : manque presque toute la moitié gauche, calathos inclus, selon une ligne de cassure verticale qui passe au milieu de l'œil et de la joue gauches diapositives : C_1781 inv objet : Tc_0472 inv tessons : Tc_0472 menton arrondi, à fossette. Cheveux en grosses mèches raides (fortes incisions) convergeant vers le centre où devait se trouver une coque ou un nœud (même forme de brisure au front que sur la précédente). Voile posé sur les cheveux retombant sur les côtés en arrière des oreilles. Calathos montant droit, formant à sa base une sorte de bourrelet ou de bandeau au bord inférieur distinct. negatif : 01969_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0003_p_0037 bouche fermée, nettement dessinée, aux commissures relevées chantier : Zone au sud du rempart caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos num planche : PL_01 objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ3 canal labial indiqué

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