Object card·SAL_4756·1969

Head fragment of a calathos with griffins, Classical

Head fragment of a calathos with griffins, Classical
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4756. "Head fragment of a calathos with griffins, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a head from the Great Goddess with calathos: part of the decoration of a calathos, buff fabric and greenish-white slip (?), hollow-moulded, without back, H. 8.4. The relief decoration is clear: concave pellets in quincunx on at least two rows and, as on the preceding piece, two griffins in high relief, separated at their base by a (also concave) pellet, with narrow wings so that the animal also looks like a flower. Fragment from the same mould as Sal_2348. Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), Salamis; inventory Tc_1741; negative 01064_01; 26 August 1969.

French, as on the record

epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief carre : K VI/γ4 (est) num planche : PL_04 Fragment de tête : partie de décor d'un calathos. Pâte chamois et engobe blanc verdâtre (?). Moulé creux, sans arrière. H. 8,4. Décor bien net : pastilles concaves en quinconce sur deux rangs (au moins) et, comme sur le précédent, deux griffons en haut relief, séparés à leur base par une pastille (concave également) diapositives : C_4763 inv objet : Tc_1741 inv tessons : Tc_1741 negatif : 01064_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0103_p_0055 ailes étroites, si bien que l'animal ressemble aussi bien à une fleur ! Fragment du même moule que Sal_2348. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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