Object card·SAL_3950·1968

Head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical

Head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3950. "Head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment from the side of a head, with a seam in the clay and thumb impressions; H. 7.4 cm. Of the calathos only a large concave disc remains, framed by what may be hair and, at the side, an earring (elongated element). Back flaking at the surface. Pinkish buff fabric, moulded hollow. Classical period. Inventory Tc_1296; 18 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief carre : K VI/δ4 Fragment du côté d'une tête diapositives : C_3868 inv objet : Tc_1296 inv tessons : Tc_1296 negatif : 00614_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0062_p_0047 joint en arête, mais avec bavures d'argile et empreinte de pouce. H. 7,4. Il ne reste du calathos qu'une grosse pastille concave, encadrée par un reste de cheveux (?) et, sur le côté, par un pendant d'oreille (élément allongé). arrière écaillé en surface. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulé creux

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