Object card·SAL_3888·1968

Terracotta head fragment with curls and earring, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment with curls and earring, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3888. "Terracotta head fragment with curls and earring, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower part of a head, broken from the eyes and on the left side, with the face very worn and only the right eye vaguely visible; red-brown fabric with traces of white slip, hollow-moulded, back strongly convex, clumsy joins, thumb impressions on the left, H. 5.5 cm. Headdress not preserved; above the right ear are four superimposed curls running backwards (perhaps a corkscrew lock), a close necklace with a central pendant, and an earring with a well-drawn rosette with a marked centre and an attached conical pendant (the right one deformed). Classical period, Salamis, south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, negative 00602_05; inventory Tc_1244; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées carre : K VI/δ4 type :Coiffe non conservée forme : Visages Fragment de la partie inférieure d'une tête, à partir des yeux cassure sur le côté gauche visage très abîmé et très usé. Pâte brun rouge et restes d'un engobe blanc. Moulé creux arrière fortement convexe, joints maladroits, empreintes de pouce à gauche. H. 5,5. On ne distingue plus rien du visage, sinon vaguement l'œil droit. Au-dessus de l'oreille droite, 4 boucles superposées, partant vers l'arrière (mèche accroche-cœur en tire-bouchon ?). Collier ras le cou, avec pendeloque centrale. Boucle d'oreille : rosette bien dessinée, au cœur marqué, et pendant conique accolé (celui de droite étant déformé). diapositives : C_3794 inv objet : Tc_1244 inv tessons : Tc_1244 negatif : 00602_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0182_p_0067

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