Object card·SAL_4604·1964–1974

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, square K VI/δ4
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4604. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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Mould-made hollow terracotta head of the Great Goddess wearing a calathos, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_0367, negative 00921_06. The head is incomplete, with the nose broken and the left edge and top of the calathos missing; the pink fabric has a poorly preserved yellowish-white slip on the left, and the calathos has a row of concave pastilles with central dots, decorated in relief. The oval face has a round chin, wavy hair drawn back, serpentine parotid locks, barely drawn eyes, and a bead necklace at the neck, with flat pastille earrings. Period: Classical; height 9 cm.

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 caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief carre : K VI/δ4 menton rond. Cheveux ondulés, tirés en arrière nez brisé. Pâte rose et engobe blanc jaune mal conservé à gauche. Moulée creuse lèvre supérieure festonnée yeux à peine dessinés arrière légèrement convexe, aux joints peu soignés (coulées d'argile) diapositives : C_4599 inv objet : Tc_0367 inv tessons : Tc_0367 negatif : 00921_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0052_p_0045 décor : une rangée de pastilles concaves à point central. Au cou, collier de petites perles rondes. Boucle d'oreille : pastille plate. Collier de perles rondes ras le cou. Boucles d'oreilles sans pendants. Tête incomplète, mais avec le cou : bord gauche et sommet du calathos cassés mèches parotides serpentines. Calathos à pans latéraux bien délimités de face calathos ouvert. H. 9. Visage ovale relativement étroit

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