Object card·SAL_4526·1968

Classical moulded head of a veiled woman, south of the rampart, Salamis

Classical moulded head of a veiled woman, south of the rampart, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4526. "Classical moulded head of a veiled woman, south of the rampart, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded head of a veiled woman, perhaps a cult official, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Classical period. Pinkish fabric with greenish-white slip; almond eyes with thick lids, full cheeks, long twisted locks, and curls held by a ribbon at the top; veils lie directly on the hair, and perhaps a calathos, from the same mould as Sal_2054, Sal_3999, Sal_2110 and Sal_2113. Nose, mouth and chin are broken off, and the top of the head is missing; H. 14.5 cm, square K VI/δ3. Inventory Tc_1690; 3 October 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ3 forme : La femme voilée : agent du culte ? caracterique : Voiles posés directement sur la chevelure yeux en amandes aux paupières en bourrelet mèches longues parotides, torsadées. Suivant l'angle du fronton, haut de voile (sous calathos ?). Boucles d'oreilles réduites à des pâtons informes. Du même moule que les têtes Sal_2054, Sal_3999, Sal_2110, Sal_2113, aussi peut-on lui supposer un calathos. diapositives : C_4521 inv objet : Tc_1690 inv tessons : Tc_1690 negatif : 00797_03 negatif : 00855_05 negatif : 00797_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0151_p_0063 joues pleines. Cheveux bouclés redressés en haut fronton, retenus par un ruban dont on ne voit que les retombées du nœud bien au centre nez, bouche, menton arrachés. Pâte rosée et engobe blanc verdâtre. Moulée creuse. H. 14,5. Visage ovale : arcades sourcilières marquées, tombantes Tête incomplète, avec le cou mais sans l'arrière : il manque le haut (coiffe) ?

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