Object card·SAL_2081·1967

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2081. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper part of a head of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the area south of the rampart, Salamis; the top of the calathos is undecorated. Chamois fabric, hollow-moulded, with a roughly shaped back pierced by a vent hole, so the calathos is open; H. 6.3 cm. The hair is puffed and swept back in very regular locks (seven can be counted). The lower edge of the calathos is indistinct, but there is a gap between it and the hair (?). Decoration at the base: two rows of convex pellets, very closely spaced and irregular, stacked one above the other but slightly staggered, the pellet at the far right of the upper row omitted because of the seam brought forward. Square K VI/δ4; Classical period; inventory Tc_0609; slides C_1978; negatives 02129_01 and 01089_01; plate PL_02; 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 sommet du calathos sans décor. diapositives : C_1978 Fragment du haut de la tête: haut du front, cheveux, et calathos. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux inv objet : Tc_0609 inv tessons : Tc_0609 negatif : 02129_01 negatif : 01089_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0061_p_0047 arrière grossièrement façonné, avec trou d'évent, d'où calathos ouvert. H. 6,3. Cheveux gonflés et tirés en arrière, aux mèches très régulières (on peut en compter 7). Calathos au bord inférieur indistinct, mais il y a un espace entre lui et les cheveux (?) décor tout à la base : deux rangées de pastilles convexes très serrées entre elles et irrégulières, rangées empilées l'une sur l'autre, mais légèrement en quinconce (avec escamotage de la pastille à l'extrême-droite du rang supérieur à cause du joint ramené en avant)

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