Object card·SAL_2227·1967

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, south of rampart

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, south of rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2227. "Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, a plain calathos type with headdress, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus; beige fabric, hollow mould-made, Classical period, with the back smoothed, the calathos broken on the left side, a vent hole in the calathos and heavy wear. The complete head with the start of the neck is very crudely made, H. 7.8 cm; the face is very worn, with only the nose visible, flattened by wear; hair in a continuous frontal roll; calathos slightly concave with an indistinct lower edge, and earring pendants are barely discernible. Negative 02140_05; inventory Tc_0729; 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 num planche : PL_01 objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 arrière lissé calathos brisé côté gauche grande usure. Pâte beige. Moulée creuse trou d'évent dans le calathos Tête complète, avec départ du cou diapositives : C_2117 inv objet : Tc_0729 inv tessons : Tc_0729 negatif : 02140_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0009_p_0039 facture très grossière. H. 7,8. Visage très effacé, sans autre trait marquant que le nez, aplati par l'usure. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos légèrement concave, bord inférieur indistinct. On devine à peine des pendants d'oreilles.

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