Object card·SAL_4408·1968

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4408. "Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with an open calathos, Classical period, inventory Tc_1617; negative 00757_06. Head with a wavy hairstyle puffed into a continuous frontal roll; the calathos forms a thick, clearly defined band at its base, H. 7.2 cm. Fragment of hair and calathos, with part of the back; pinkish-beige fabric, moulded hollow; high-relief decoration of a row of cabochons (7 preserved, d. = 1.7 cm) and a row of rosettes (type 1) of substantially identical diameter. Salamis, 30 September 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief num planche : PL_02 calathos ouvert. H. 7,2. Cheveux ondulés, gonflés en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos formant à sa base un épais bandeau, nettement délimité dessin : D_0447 diapositives : C_4395 inv objet : Tc_1617 inv tessons : Tc_1617 negatif : 00757_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0063_p_0047 Fragment de chevelure et de calathos, avec une partie de l'arrière. Pâte beige rosé. Moulé creux décor en haut relief : rangée de cabochons (7 conservés, de d. = 1, 7 cm) et rangée de rosettes (type 1), de diamètre sensiblement identique.

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