Object card·SAL_2080·1967

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_2080. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a moulded hollow terracotta head of the Great Goddess in a calathos, reddish-brown fabric that is crumbling, repaired from pieces, H. 8.4 cm; the back is missing and the face is badly damaged with the nose broken off, but the eyes are clearly modelled with thick heavy lids and the pupil of the left eye is visible. The hair is dressed in two tiers, curled at the sides over a visible central roll, and two plaits are raised over the head and knotted in the middle, with a chipped area at the knot. The calathos has a raised filet at its lower edge and a narrow band above it decorated with a row of slightly concave pellets with central knobs (3 preserved). area south of the rampart, Classical period, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_0608; 6 April 1967.

French, as on the record

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/δ4 num planche : PL_02 recollé. Pâte brun rouge, qui se délite. Moulé creux. H. 8,4. Arcades sourcilières très peu marquées manque tout l'arrière visage tout abîmé, nez emporté yeux nettement dessinés, aux paupières épaisses et lourdes, et l'on distingue la pupille de l'œil gauche. Cheveux coiffés sur deux étages : sur le front, enroulés sur les côtés sur un boudin visible au centre Fragment de tête comprenant le haut du visage et le bas du calathos dessin : D_3204 dessin : D_0584 diapositives : C_1977 inv objet : Tc_0608 inv tessons : Tc_0608 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0060_p_0047 au-dessus, deux tresses relevées sur la tête et nouées au milieu (éclat à l'endroit du nœud). Calathos au bord inférieur en relief (filet), surmonté d'une étroite bande de décor : rangée de pastilles légèrement concaves à bouton central (3 conservées).

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