Object card·SAL_3994·1968

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3994. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the left side of a head, without the back, wearing a calathos; the face is very worn, with only the left brow ridge, the eyelids and the full cheek preserved. Coarse green sandy fabric that flakes, moulded hollow, deep incisions for the hair, with the calathos broken at its base; H. 11 cm. Inventory Tc_1328; 19 September 1968.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Calathoi : Fragments visage très abîmé calathos brisé à sa base. Pâte verte, sableuse, qui se délite. Moulé creux diapositives : C_3918 inv objet : Tc_1328 inv tessons : Tc_1328 negatif : 00624_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0133_p_0060 incisions profondes dans tous les sens pour la chevelure. H. 11. Du visage ne restent que l'arcade sourcilière gauche marquée, le dessin des paupières, et la joue, pleine. Cheveux ondulés en vagues souples dégageant le front. Calathos formant bandeau à la base et à pan latéral. Boucle d'oreille : pastille-anneau à perle centrale et pendant conique. Fragment de la partie gauche d'une tête, sans l'arrière chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe

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