Object card·SAL_4833·1969

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, area south of the rampart

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4833. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Head of the Great Goddess with a closed calathos, Classical period, object SAL_4833 (inventory Tc_1782). Heavily worn, very eroded; rusty grey fabric that crumbles; hollow mould-made, convex back smoothed; surface worn. Complete head with right shoulder; H. 10.2 cm. Oval face, very eroded; hair in a continuous frontal roll; calathos with a base in relief like a band; earring: flat, pendant disc. Square K VI/γ4 (east); negative 01075_02; slide C_4841; 28 August 1969.

French, as on the record

très abîmée. Pâte grise rouillée, qui se délite. Moulée creuse 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) arrière convexe, lissé surface usée Tête complète, avec épaule droite diapositives : C_4841 inv objet : Tc_1782 inv tessons : Tc_1782 negatif : 01075_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0005_p_0038 calathos fermé. H. 10,2. Visage ovale, très rongé. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu. Calathos à base en relief comme un bandeau. Boucle d'oreille : pastille plate et pendant.

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