Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4786. "Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Terracotta head of the Great Goddess wearing a closed calathos, with a headdress, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), Classical period. Only a row of concave pastilles with a central knob remains on the decoration, above an undecorated part; the calathos base is a fairly well-defined band. H. 12.4 cm; no facial features can be made out, the hair forms a continuous frontal roll, the back is flat and smoothed, the head is mended, and the surface is very worn. Buff-brown fabric, moulded hollow. Inventory Tc_1755; 27 August 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
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)
Tête complète
décor : seulement une rangée de pastilles concaves à bouton central, avant de monter sans décor.
calathos fermé. H. 12,4. On ne distingue plus aucun trait du visage. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos à base en bandeau assez bien délimité
arrière plat, lissé
recollée
diapositives : C_4792
inv objet : Tc_1755
inv tessons : Tc_1755
negatif : 01068_04
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0035_p_0043
surface très usée. Pâte chamois brun. Moulée creuse
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