Object card·SAL_4005·1968

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4005. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper part of a head, without back, in a red fabric, moulded hollow, H. 10 cm. No details of the face remain; the hair forms a thick continuous frontal roll, and the calathos has an indistinct lower edge. The calathos is decorated with a row of slightly concave pellets (3 preserved) and a row of convex pellets (5 preserved). area south of the rampart, Salamis, square K VI/γ4; Classical period; inventory Tc_1337; 19 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/γ4 le calathos continuait à monter. décor : une rangée de pastilles légèrement concaves (3 conservées) et une rangée de pastilles convexes (5 conservées) diapositives : C_3929 inv objet : Tc_1337 inv tessons : Tc_1337 negatif : 00626_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0047_p_0045 Fragment de la partie supérieure d'une tête, sans arrière. Pâte rouge. Moulée creuse. H. 10. On ne distingue plus rien du visage. Cheveux en épais bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos au bord inférieur indistinct

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