Object card·SAL_4202·1968

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_4202. "Terracotta head of the great goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete terracotta head of a figure wearing a closed calathos (perhaps broken at its upper part), H. 8.6 cm, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Cyprus; the nose and mouth are effaced and the surface is heavily worn. The beige-pink fabric is hollow-moulded, with two small beads of a lost necklace at the neck, a failed attempt at earrings in clay, and wavy hair swelling into a continuous frontal roll; only the brow arches remain visible. Classical period. Square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1492; slide C_4165; negatives 00671_02 and 00671_01; 24 September 1968.

French, as on the record

type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 Tête complète arrière convexe coiffe brisée à sa partie supérieure (?) coiffe fermée. H. 8,6. Nez et bouche effacés grande usure. Pâte beige rosé. Moulée creuse diapositives : C_4165 inv objet : Tc_1492 inv tessons : Tc_1492 negatif : 00671_02 negatif : 00671_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0010_p_0039 sortes de pans latéraux en arrière des cheveux. Au cou subsistent deux petites perles d'un collier disparu. Esquisse ratée de boucles d'oreilles (masse d'argile). on ne distingue plus que le dessin des arcades sourcilières. Cheveux ondulés (ondulations régulières et serrées), gonflés en un bourrelet frontal continu. Coiffe montante (calathos ?) au bord inférieur en net relief chantier : Zone au sud du rempart caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées

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