Object card·SAL_3912·1968

Terracotta head fragment, Classical period, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta head fragment, Classical period, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3912. "Terracotta head fragment, Classical period, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Mould-made hollow head fragment of a face, lower face with rounded chin and half-broken chin, wide slightly open mouth with fleshy outlined lips, and the tip of a strongly projecting broad nose, with the right side and mid-nose broken, without the neck; brownish coarse fabric that crumbles, repaired join, H. 3.8 cm. Classical period; from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1262; 18 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 recollé. Pâte brunâtre, grossière, qui se délite. Moulé creux. H. 3,8. Bas de visage assez arrondi le menton rond. menton à moitié emporté la bouche, large, entr'ouverte, aux lèvres charnues et ourlées, la commissure droite légèrement tombante il reste le bout du nez, fortement proéminent et large, aux narines marquées, plutôt pincées diapositives : C_3818 inv objet : Tc_1262 inv tessons : Tc_1262 negatif : 00607_05 negatif : 00607_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0183_p_0067 Fragment de tête : bas de visage, cassure à mi-nez et côté droit, sans le cou

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