Object card·SAL_2345·1967

Terracotta head fragment of a Great Goddess calathos, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment of a Great Goddess calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2345. "Terracotta head fragment of a Great Goddess calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_2345, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at square K VI/γ3: fragment of the central part of a large calathos, with the head of the Great Goddess (forme) and a head with a headdress, the head elongated, seemingly fitted with a beak and a plume, H. 10.6 cm, chamois-coloured fabric, moulded and reassembled, with surface abrasions, a relief decoration of two griffins side by side with wide wings spread and folded back against the head, plumes well indicated, and between the heads a ribbed band in high relief, which seems to be the base of a large crenellation; the griffins seem to have raptor heads, probably eagles. Negatives 02159_05 and 01049_01; slides C_2231; drawing D_0634; plate PL_04; inventory Tc_0825; inventory book page 21; 8 April 1967.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_04 brisures de surface corps assez renflé, cou maigre dessin : D_0634 diapositives : C_2231 inv objet : Tc_0825 inv tessons : Tc_0825 negatif : 02159_05 negatif : 01049_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0100_p_0054 tête allongée, semblant munie d'un bec et d'un plumet recollé. Pâte chamois. Moulé. H. 10,6. Fragment médian de décor : 2 griffons côte à côte, aux larges ailes déployées et ramenées tout contre la tête, plumes bien indiquées entre les têtes, bande nervurée très nettement, qui semble la base d'un grand créneau, en haut relief. Ces griffons semblent avoir une tête de rapace, sans doute d'« aigles ». Fragment de tête : partie centrale d'un grand calathos, sans l'arrière 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/γ3

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