Object card·SAL_2207·1967

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_2207. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete head with the start of the neck, chin round and heavy, hair puffed out and raised slightly into a pediment, and a calathos whose lower edge is indistinct; conical pendants at the ears. Made from a mould similar to that of Sal_2274 but smaller and more worn, so it is a re-mould. Heavily worn; beige fabric, poorly fired, burnt at the centre. Solid-moulded, back and side seams smoothed with care, but overall workmanship rather crude. H. 6.4 cm; the nose alone is distinct in a face whose other features are effaced. Classical period. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_0710; 7 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 objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 Tête complète, avec le départ du cou diapositives : C_2097 inv objet : Tc_0710 inv tessons : Tc_0710 menton rond et lourd. Cheveux gonflés et relevés légèrement en fronton. Calathos au bord inférieur indistinct. Aux oreilles, pendants coniques. Cette figurine provient d'un moule semblable à celui Sal_2274, mais en plus petit et en plus usé. Il s'agit donc d'un surmoulage. negatif : 02137_02 negatif : 02137_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0017_p_0040 grande usure. Pâte beige, mal cuite, brûlée au centre. Moulée pleine arrière et joints latéraux lissés avec soin, mais facture d'ensemble plutôt grossière. H. 6,4. Nez seul distinct dans un visage aux traits par ailleurs effacés

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