Object card·SAL_2393·1967

Terracotta head with diadem, area south of the rampart

Terracotta head with diadem, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2393. "Terracotta head with diadem, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Incomplete terracotta head, surviving only in its upper part, broken at the tip of the nose, with its flat vertical back; grey paste and orange-beige slip, hollow-moulded, H. 8.1 cm. The facial features are completely effaced, the ears barely visible; the hair is suggested by a continuous frontal roll and waves laid flat over the skull, and a round arc-shaped diadem (stephane) with a ridged upper edge lies between the frontal roll and the back of the head, perhaps supporting a veil. Classical period, from square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis; inventory Tc_0863; 8 April 1967.

French, as on the record

Tête incomplète : il ne reste que la partie supérieure de la tête, cassée au bout du nez, avec l'arrière. Pâte grisâtre et engobe beige orangé. Moulée creuse diapositives : C_2276 inv objet : Tc_0863 inv tessons : Tc_0863 negatif : 06866_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0188_p_0068 arrière plat, vertical. H. 8,1. Traits du visage complètement effacés : on ne distingue plus les yeux, sinon vaguement les oreilles. On ne fait que deviner la courbe des cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu, puis coiffés à plat sur le crâne, en vagues ondulations. Entre le bourrelet frontal et l'arrière de la tête, sorte de diadème rond, en arc de cercle, au bord supérieur en arête (stéphané). Cette stéphané supportait-elle un voile ?. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées carre : K VI/δ4 type :Tête nue

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