Object card·SAL_2274·1967

Terracotta figurine head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Terracotta figurine head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2274. "Terracotta figurine head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Head with neck of a terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess wearing a calathos, of Classical date, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4. Buff-yellowish paste, solid mould-made, with the back smoothed; the calathos is slightly concave at the base and slightly pinched closed at the thumb, H. 6,7 cm. Heavily worn surface, especially at the top of the calathos, and the face is very faded; the figurine comes from a first mould, from which a series including Sal_2207 was taken by overmoulding. Inventory Tc_0768; negatives 02149_04 and 02149_03; slide C_2164; 8 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 Tête complète, avec le cou arcades sourcilières tombantes bouche étroite yeux assez enfoncés joints soignés, mais facture d'ensemble très grossière diapositives : C_2164 inv objet : Tc_0768 inv tessons : Tc_0768 negatif : 02149_04 negatif : 02149_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0018_p_0040 grande usure de surface, en particulier au sommet du calathos. Pâte beige jaunâtre. Moulée pleine nez droit, un peu épaté. Cheveux gonflés en un bandeau frontal continu. Calathos légèrement concave à la base, bord inférieur indistinct. Ébauche de pendants d'oreilles. Cette figurine provient d'un moule premier, d'où l'on a tiré, par surmoulage, une série dont fait partie Sal_2207. calathos légèrement fermé au pouce. H. 6,7. Visage très effacé

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