Object card·SAL_2631·1967

Terracotta head fragment, Sondage Z, Classical

Terracotta head fragment, Sondage Z, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2631. "Terracotta head fragment, Sondage Z, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a mould-made head with the left side of a face, front and back, and the neck; only a very small part of the right side, including the eye, remains, front only. Features almost entirely worn away except the relief of the nose; round, heavy chin; faint traces of a raised headdress; surface worn; pink fabric with very faded white slip; hollow mould, back smoothed; H. 7.6 cm; face tilted to the left. Classical period, Sondage Z, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Tc_0907; 11 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées num planche : PL_07 forme : Pans latéraux de coiffes ou de voiles type :Coiffe non conservée negatif : 02243_03 traits tout effacés, sauf le relief du nez diapositives : C_2506 inv objet : Tc_0907 inv tessons : Tc_0907 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0170_p_0066 Fragment de tête : côté gauche d'un visage, face et arrière, avec le cou : il reste une toute petite partie du côté droit, œil compris, mais face seulement menton rond et lourd. Vagues restes de coiffe montante. surface usée. Pâte rose et engobe blanc très effacé. Moulé creux arrière lissé. H. 7,6. Visage penché vers la gauche

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