Object card·SAL_2104·1967

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_2104. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with Calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made hollow terracotta head, Classical, with the left ear, its earring and pendant, and a piece of hair, with the corresponding back. Grey-beige fabric with pink core and traces of cream slip. H. 7 cm. The curve of the ear is visible, but it bears a loop of indeterminate shape set obliquely on the lobe, from which hangs a large conical pendant whose point swings to the left. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4. Inventory Tc_0622; 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 carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Calathoi : Fragments Fragment de tête, avec l'oreille gauche, sa boucle et son pendant, ainsi qu'un bout de cheveux, le tout avec l'arrière correspondant. Pâte gris beige à cœur rose et traces d'engobe crème. Moulé creux. H. 7. Courbe de l'oreille apparente, mais portant une boucle de forme indéterminée et posée en biais sur le lobe diapositives : C_1999 inv objet : Tc_0622 inv tessons : Tc_0622 negatif : 02132_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0128_p_0059 y est accroché un gros pendant conique, dont la pointe se balance vers la gauche.

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