Object card·SAL_4757·1969

Terracotta head fragment, lower face, area south of the rampart

Terracotta head fragment, lower face, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4757. "Terracotta head fragment, lower face, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a head showing the lower face without the back; the head is broken below the eyes and under the chin, in pink clay. Mouth slightly open with fleshy lips, the upper lip fuller than the lower; full cheeks; a ring earring with a central bead and conical pendant; labial canal indicated by a socket; round chin; small depression under the lower lip; nostrils closed by clay pressed over them; long, strong nose. H. 5.5 cm. Traces of red paint in the mouth. Hollow-moulded. Classical period, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), Salamis; inventory Tc_1742; negative 01063_02 and 01063_03; slide C_4764; 26 August 1969.

French, as on the record

inv tessons : Tc_1742 negatif : 01063_03 negatif : 01063_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0186_p_0068 cassure au-dessous des yeux et sous le menton. Pâte rose bouche entr'ouverte, aux lèvres charnues, la lèvre supérieure plus que l'autre chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées num planche : PL_07 type :Coiffe non conservée carre : K VI/γ4 (est) joues pleines. Boucle d'oreille : pas tille-anneau à perle centrale et pendant conique. canal labial indiqué par une alvéole menton rond petite dépression sous la lèvre inférieure narines fermées par de la pâte rabattue sur elles. H. 5,5. Nez long et fort, aux narines fermées traces de peinture rouge dans la bouche. Moulé creux Fragment de tête : bas du visage, sans l'arrière diapositives : C_4764 forme : Visages inv objet : Tc_1742

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