Object card·SAL_4605·1964–1974

Terracotta head with calathos, Classical, square K VI/δ4

Terracotta head with calathos, Classical, square K VI/δ4
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4605. "Terracotta head with calathos, Classical, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head of a figurine of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Cyprus. Classical period. Complete head without the neck, flat and smoothed back, with a break at the upper left angle and very heavy wear; grey fabric, solid moulding, careful joins. H. 6.9 cm. Only the nose is visible in the face; the hair is a non-continuous roll divided at the centre by two projections, and only two side panels of the calathos remain, flaring downward. Square K VI/δ4. Inventory Tc_0352; negative 00923_01; slide C_4600.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart Tête complète, sans le cou caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/δ4 arrière tout plat, lissé et râclé cassure à l'angle supérieur gauche très grande usure. Pâte grise. Moulée pleine diapositives : C_4600 inv objet : Tc_0352 inv tessons : Tc_0352 negatif : 00923_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0020_p_0040 joints soignés. H. 6,9. Seul détail visible dans le visage : le nez. Cheveux en bourrelet non continu, la séparation médiane étant marquée par deux excroissances. Du calathos ne restent que deux pans latéraux s'évasant vers le bas.

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