Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4446. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Head of the Great Goddess with a calathos, Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1647; slide C_4432; negative 00772_03. Mould-made hollow terracotta, red fabric with white-grey slip, height 8 cm; the nose is broken off, the surface heavily worn, and the round face has effaced features with traces of the brow ridges, deep-set eyes, mouth and nose. The hair is in a roll, the calathos has a rim of rolled lower edge and a row of pellet decoration, and the head is incomplete, lacking the top and the whole back. 1 October 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
epoque : Classique
forme : La grande déesse à Calathos
objet : Tête conservées
type :Têtes avec coiffe
nez arraché
caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief
carre : K VI/δ4
décor : rangée de pastilles.
forte usure. Pâte rouge et engobe blanc-gris. Moulée creuse. H. 8. Visage rond, aux traits effacés
restent les traces des arcades sourcilières marquées, des yeux enfoncés, de la bouche et du nez. Cheveux en bourrelet. Calathos au bord inférieur en bourrelet
diapositives : C_4432
inv objet : Tc_1647
inv tessons : Tc_1647
negatif : 00772_03
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0050_p_0045
Tête incomplète : manquent le haut et tout l'arrière
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