Object card·SAL_2348·1967

Relief-decorated calathos fragment with griffin and bird heads, Classical

Relief-decorated calathos fragment with griffin and bird heads, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2348. "Relief-decorated calathos fragment with griffin and bird heads, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a relief-decorated calathos with a head fragment, the left part of the top of a calathos with the corresponding rear part; pink fabric, moulded hollow, heavily worn, with the neck and the tips of the wings (raised and brought back against the neck) faintly visible, and a small bird head with a plumed crest; the top of the calathos bears a relief flat crenellated pattern, with a high undecorated band between them and the rim, and the open calathos has H. 12 cm and two griffins as decoration, the one at the extreme edge very faded. Object Tc_0828, Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis; negative 02157_02, slide C_2233; 8 April 1967.

French, as on the record

caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief carre : K VI/γ3 grande usure. Pâte rose. Moulé creux negatif : 02157_02 on distingue vaguement le cou et le bout des ailes (qui sont relevées et ramenées contre le cou) petite tête d'oiseau, munie d'un plumet diapositives : C_2233 inv objet : Tc_0828 inv tessons : Tc_0828 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0101_p_0055 entre eux et le sommet du calathos qui présente un dessin de créneaux en relief plat, haut espace sans décor. calathos ouvert. H. 12. Décor : 2 griffons, celui de l'extrême bord étant très effacé Fragment de tête : partie gauche du sommet d’un calathos, avec la partie arrière correspondante chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe

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