Object card·SAL_4191·1968

Terracotta head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4191. "Terracotta head fragment of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head fragments of the Great Goddess with calathos in buff fabric, hollow-moulded and very worn; perhaps a headdress was present. The long nose is deflected to the right, the almond-shaped eyes have a raised upper lid and incised lower lid, the mouth is a poorly made line, and the hair is puffed and wavy in a continuous frontal roll, with the base of a rising headdress; H. 7.1 cm, Classical period, Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, inventory Tc_1481, negative 00669_02, slide C_4154; 24 September 1968.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Calathoi : Fragments grande usure. Pâte chamois. Moulé creux il y avait peut-être une coiffe nez long, désaxé vers la droite yeux en amandes, à paupière supérieure en relief, à paupière inférieure incisée diapositives : C_4154 inv objet : Tc_1481 inv tessons : Tc_1481 negatif : 00669_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0134_p_0060 bouche représentée par un trait mal fait. Cheveux gonflés et ondulés en un bourrelet frontal continu. Fragment de la base d'une coiffe montante. Fragment de tête sans l'arrière, avec le visage, incomplet (manquent les côtés et le menton), et les cheveux facture très négligée, notamment nez et bouche ratés dessin des yeux un peu plus soigné. H. 7,1. Front un peu fuyant chantier : Zone au sud du rempart arcades sourcilières marquées epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe

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