Object card·SAL_4087·1968

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_4087. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ4. Terracotta head with headdress, hollow-moulded red fabric; calathos broken at the base, mouth incision, heavy wear; the back is missing and the left side is cut away, H. 7.2 cm. The calathos is decorated in relief, with a band of indistinct pellets directly on the band, and earrings of a convex pellet and a conical pendant. Inventory Tc_1403; 21 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 calathos cassé à la base fente de la bouche incisée forte usure. Pâte rouge. Moulée creuse front bas nez long et droit yeux en amandes (vague dessin) Tête incomplète : manque l'arrière côté gauche escamoté. H. 7,2. Visage presque carré menton rond et fuyant. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos formant bandeau à sa base diapositives : C_4048 inv objet : Tc_1403 inv tessons : Tc_1403 negatif : 00642_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0048_p_0045 bouche large, entr'ouverte, sans lèvres apparentes ne sont indiquées ni les arcades sourcilières ni les paupières décor : directement sur le bandeau, une rangée de pastilles indéfinissables. Boucle d'oreille : pastille convexe (masse d'argile informe à gauche) et pendant conique.

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