Object card·SAL_2379·1967

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2379. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete head with neck, of the Great Goddess with calathos, in sand-coloured clay, hollow-moulded; the mouth droops and the upper lip is scalloped, the upper right corner of the calathos is broken, and the nose is missing with the left corner of the eye and the mouth damaged. Heavily worn, with a round chin and an oval face with effaced features and marked eyebrow ridges; the calathos is open, with relief decoration, and H. 14.5 cm. The head is from the same mould as Sal_750, with the addition of a necklace of small beads at the base of the neck. Inventory Tc_0851; negative 02061_02; drawing D_2232; slide C_2262; plate PL_05; sketchbook page 22; 10 April 1967.

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/γ3 num planche : PL_05 Tête complète, avec le cou bouche tombante, à lèvre supérieure festonnée angle supérieur droit du calathos brisé joints assez grossiers nez emporté, coin de l'œil gauche et bouche abîmés grande usure. Pâte couleur sable. Moulée creuse dessin : D_2232 diapositives : C_2262 menton rond. Tête du même moule que Sal_750 avec, en plus, un collier de petites perles à la base du cou. inv objet : Tc_0851 inv tessons : Tc_0851 negatif : 02061_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0108_p_0056 calathos ouvert. H. 14,5. Visage ovale, aux traits effacés : arcades sourcilières marquées

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