Object card·SAL_2230·1967

Terracotta head of Great Goddess with calathos, Zone south of rampart

Terracotta head of Great Goddess with calathos, Zone south of rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2230. "Terracotta head of Great Goddess with calathos, Zone south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper part of a head, left side, with the left join and a small part of the corresponding back; chamois fabric, with traces of red paint on the join; moulded hollow. H. 7.7 cm. Only the upper left cheek with the position of the ear survives; hair in a braid raised over the forehead, and between the hair and the calathos a relief band (or fillet?). Calathos with a thick lower edge following the curve of the hair and band. Decoration: traces of two reclining, opposed S-shapes, between which a convex stud appears (drawing uncertain). Classical period. Salamis, Zone south of rampart, square K VI/δ4, 7 April 1967. Inventory Tc_0732; slide C_2120; negative 02144_01.

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 décor : traces de deux S couchés contrariés, entre lesquels apparaît une pastille convexe (dessin peu sûr). diapositives : C_2120 inv objet : Tc_0732 inv tessons : Tc_0732 negatif : 02144_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0078_p_0050 Fragment du haut d'une tête, côté gauche, avec le joint gauche et une petite partie d'arrière correspondante. Pâte chamois traces infimes de peinture rouge sur le joint. Moulé creux. H. 7,7. Du visage ne subsiste que le haut de la joue gauche, avec l'emplacement de l'oreille. Cheveux : tresse remontée sur le front. Entre les cheveux et le calathos, un ruban en relief (ou filet?). Calathos au bord inférieur épais épousant la courbe de la chevelure et du ruban

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