Object card·SAL_4164·1968

Classical terracotta head with veil, south of the rampart, Salamis

Classical terracotta head with veil, south of the rampart, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4164. "Classical terracotta head with veil, south of the rampart, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Reddish-brown clay head, hollow-moulded, H. 7.5 cm, incomplete: left side, nose and chin missing, very worn on the surface, with only the drawn eyebrow arches meeting the nose line and the round eyes remaining; the headdress shows a continuous band of hair set low over part of the forehead, a turban (?) or ribbon parallel to it, and a veil laid flat over the head like a bonnet, with a clay pellet for the ear or its loop (?); the figure is described as the veiled woman, a cult official (?), from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus, Classical period. Inventory Tc_1465; negative 00663_06. 23 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 forme : La femme voilée : agent du culte ? caracterique : Entre cheveux et voile, un ruban ou un turban un pâton d'argile représentait l'oreille ou sa boucle (?). Bourrelet continu de cheveux placé bas au point de recouvrir le front en partie. Turban (?), bourrelet parallèle à celui des cheveux et voile par dessus, posé à plat et épousant la forme de la tête comme un bonnet. diapositives : C_4126 inv objet : Tc_1465 inv tessons : Tc_1465 negatif : 00663_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0159_p_0064 Tête incomplète : manquent le côté gauche, le nez et le menton très abîmée en surface. Pâte brun rouge. Moulée creuse. H. 7,5. On ne distingue plus que les arcades sourcilières dessinées, rejoignant la ligne du nez, et les yeux ronds

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