Object card·SAL_4710·1969

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Sanctuary

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Sanctuary
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4710. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head with an open calathos, of the Great Goddess type, with a head covering; coarse workmanship, H. 5.1 cm. The round face has a receding forehead, a flattened ridge nose continuing the line of the forehead, and globular eyes in relief (perhaps applied pastilles); there is no chin, and the hair is drawn back at the sides in incised locks. The head is incomplete, lacking the neck and the back, with a sort of coil in the middle; the calathos has a concave base and an indistinct lower edge, and perhaps traces of earring blanks. Heavily worn; pinkish chamois fabric, hollow-moulded. Inventory Tc_1717; 1 May 1969.

French, as on the record

caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K V/ι6 calathos ouvert facture grossière. H. 5,1. Visage rond au front fuyant Tête incomplète, sans le cou : manque l'arrière au milieu apparaît une sorte de boudin. Calathos à base concave et au bord inférieur indistinct. Ébauches de pendants d'oreilles ? diapositives : C_4717 inv objet : Tc_1717 inv tessons : Tc_1717 negatif : 01093_01 num planche : PL_01 grande usure. Pâte chamois rosé. Moulée creuse pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0014_p_0040 nez à arête aplatie, dans le prolongement du front yeux globuleux, en relief (comme des pastilles rapportées ?) pas de menton. Cheveux tirés sur les côtés, en mèches dessinées chantier : Sanctuaire

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