Object card·SAL_2808·1967

Terracotta head, Campanopetra, Classical period

Terracotta head, Campanopetra, Classical period
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2808. "Terracotta head, Campanopetra, Classical period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bare-headed terracotta head, Classical period, from Campanopetra, square K IV/ε10; inventory Tc_0927; 27 September 1967. Chamois fabric, solid mould-made, with a completely flat back; very worn, the head complete but badly damaged, especially the nose, ears and chin, and the head turned to the left and forward, H. 6.5 cm. The front and cheeks form one surface, the hair combed flat over the skull into a tight, regular fringe dressed 'au bol' and apparently long at the sides, with a parotid lock at the front of the left ear. Negatives 02253_01, 05861_01, 05861_02, 02252_06; slide C_2672; plate PL_07.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées num planche : PL_07 carre : K IV/ε10 arrière absolument plat grande usure. Pâte chamois. Moulée pleine diapositives : C_2672 inv objet : Tc_0927 inv tessons : Tc_0927 negatif : 02253_01 negatif : 05861_01 negatif : 05861_02 negatif : 02252_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0189_p_0068 type :Tête nue front et joues ne font qu'une seule et même surface. Cheveux comme passés au peigne fin sur le crâne et formant une frange serrée et régulière, coiffée « au bol » ils sont apparemment longs sur les côtés. En avant de l'oreille gauche, bout de mèche parotide. Tête complète, mais très abîmée, en particulier nez, oreilles et menton joints aplatis. H. 6,5. Tête comme désaxée vers la gauche et en avant. Visage aplati, au contour ovale, où l'on ne distingue que le nez

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