Bare-headed terracotta head, Salamis, square K VI/γ3
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2341. "Bare-headed terracotta head, Salamis, square K VI/γ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Bare-headed terracotta head, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3. Inventory Tc_0822; slide C_2227; negative 02159_02; notebook page 21. The nose is broken and the right side is broken at the level of the ear; only the outline of the face and the relief of the nose remain, the features are entirely effaced and the surface is worn. The head is pointed at the chin, with a bowl-cut fringe, a particularly wide neck and a convex earring mark. The back is convex and smoothed, with joins fairly clear but all cracked. H. 6. Red fabric with a pinkish-beige surface, perhaps a slip; hollow mould-made. Complete head, including the back and the start of the neck. Inventory E_0006; 8 April 1967.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
epoque : Classique
objet : Tête conservées
carre : K VI/γ3
nez brisé
type :Tête nue
côté droit cassé au niveau de l'oreille
il ne reste que le contour du visage, très net et le relief du nez
diapositives : C_2227
inv objet : Tc_0822
inv tessons : Tc_0822
negatif : 02159_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0187_p_0068
menton pointu. Frange coiffée « au bol ». Cou particulièrement large. Trace de boucle d'oreille : pastille convexe.
arrière convexe, lissé, joints assez nets mais tout craquelés. H. 6. Traits du visage entièrement effacés
usure. Pâte rouge, d'aspect beige rosé en surface (engobe ?). Moulée creuse
Tête complète, avec l'arrière et le départ du cou
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