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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