Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2011. "Terracotta head of a calathos figurine, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Complete head without the neck, in chamois-coloured fabric, solid moulded, with a calathos closed by thumb impression; rough workmanship, eyes effaced, smoothed on the sides, straight slightly flattened nose, closed mouth with thick lips and marked corners, round heavy chin, and puffed hair in a continuous frontal roll; the calathos is barely flared with an indistinct lower edge. H. 6.7 cm. Classical period. Type: heads with headdress, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, Salamis. Inventory Tc_0551; 5 April 1967.
French, as on the record
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
Tête complète, sans le cou. Pâte chamois. Moulée pleine
calathos fermé au pouce (empreinte)
facture grossière. H. 6,7. Yeux effacés
lissage sur les côtés
nez droit, un peu épaté
diapositives : C_1914
inv objet : Tc_0551
inv tessons : Tc_0551
negatif : 02116_03
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0016_p_0040
bouche fermée, lèvres épaisses aux commissures marquées
menton rond et lourd. Cheveux gonflés, en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos à peine évasé, bord inférieur indistinct.
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