Object card·SAL_4435·1968

Fragment of a calathos head, Great Goddess type, Salamis

Fragment of a calathos head, Great Goddess type, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4435. "Fragment of a calathos head, Great Goddess type, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper right edge of a head, joint flattened and smoothed with the finger, H. 10.5 cm; small corkscrew lock in front of the ear, back flat and smoothed. Calathos decoration: an unframed rosette survives, so type 1, with heart and petals in relief; the earring has a rosette of exactly the same type, but with short petals shown by small dots. Surface largely worn away; pale pink fabric with pale green slip, moulded hollow; Great Goddess with Calathos, Classical, square K VI/δ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Tc_1636; 1 October 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 carre : K VI/δ4 arrière plat lissé Fragment du bord supérieur droit d'une tête dessin : D_0511 diapositives : C_4421 inv objet : Tc_1636 inv tessons : Tc_1636 negatif : 00770_06 num planche : PL_14 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0065_p_0047 joint aplati et lissé au doigt. H. 10,5. Petite mèche en tire-bouchon en avant de l'oreille. Décor de calathos : il reste une rosette non cerclée, donc du type 1, cœur et pétales en relief. Boucle d'oreille : rosette exactement du même type, mais aux pétales courts représentés par de petits points. surface emportée presque partout. Pâte rose pâle et engobe vert pâle. Moulé creux chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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