Object card·SAL_4788·1969

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4788. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head of a terracotta figurine of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), Classical period; flat back smoothed with the finger (fingerprints visible), H. 4.9 cm, no detail visible on the face, hair in a continuous frontal roll, low calathos broken on the right, earrings perhaps. Very worn, face appears eroded; chamois-coloured fabric, solid mould. Inventory Tc_1757; 27 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K VI/γ4 (est) Tête complète arrière plat, lissé au doigt (empreintes). H. 4,9. Aucun détail visible sur le visage. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos peu haut. Boucles d'oreilles ? calathos brisé à droite diapositives : C_4794 inv objet : Tc_1757 inv tessons : Tc_1757 negatif : 01068_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0022_p_0041 très usée, visage comme rongé. Pâte chamois. Moulée pleine

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