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.
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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