Object card·SAL_4382·1968

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_4382. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper part of a terracotta head of the Great Goddess wearing a calathos, without the back of the head; the left eye is broken, the fabric is beige-grey and the piece was moulded hollow. Almond-shaped eyes with relief lids and prominent eyeballs, hair drawn up at the sides and wound around a central roll, eyebrow arches, and tresses knotted at the centre into a round tuft above; the calathos has a clearly defined ribbon base and a flattened side, with a ring-and-pellet earring with a conical pendant attached. Deep incisions mark the hair and the base of the headdress; H. 9 cm, with a rounded forehead. area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Classical period; inventory Tc_1605; 28 September 1968.

French, as on the record

forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 caracterique : Calathoi : Fragments yeux en amandes aux paupières en relief et au globe apparent. Cheveux relevés sur les côtés et enroulés autour d'un boudin visible au centre arcades sourcilières également Fragment du haut d'une tête, sans l'arrière œil gauche brisé. Pâte beige gris. Moulé creux dessin : D_0517 diapositives : C_4369 inv objet : Tc_1605 inv tessons : Tc_1605 negatif : 00709_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0137_p_0060 au-dessus, et nettement dessinées, tresses se nouant au milieu en formant une sorte de touffe ronde. Calathos à base en ruban nettement délimitée, et à pan latéral aplati. Boucle d'oreille : pastille-anneau à perle centrale et pendant conique accolé. incisions profondes pour les cheveux (ondulations et tresses) et pour la base de la coiffe (bords supérieur et inférieur). H. 9. Front bombé chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique

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