Object card·SAL_4446·1968

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_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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