Object card·SAL_4836·1969

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_4836. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Moulded hollow head of the Great Goddess with a calathos, from Salamis, Cyprus; Classical period. Red fabric with cream slip, heavily worn; the calathos appears broken at the top, with a flattened nose, chipped nose and chin, and effaced facial features. The back is convex with deep finger impressions along the edges. The calathos rises undecorated apart from a row of more or less flat pellets, closing at the lower edge with a thin fillet; the mouth is closed with tight, thick lips, and the hair forms a thick roll with a vague median parting. H. 10.3 cm; the head is perhaps complete, and the calathos perhaps open. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1783; notebook page 45; slide C_4844; negative 01075_01; 28 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/δ4 grande usure. Pâte rouge et engobe crème. Moulée creuse le calathos semble brisé au sommet nez aplati nez et menton ébréchés arrière convexe, avec de profondes empreintes de doigts sur les bords Tête complète (?) diapositives : C_4844 inv objet : Tc_1783 inv tessons : Tc_1783 negatif : 01075_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0037_p_0043 calathos ouvert (?). H. 10,3. Traits du visage effacés le calathos continue à monter sans décor, en ne s'évasant que légèrement. décor : une rangée de pastilles plus ou moins plates bouche fermée, aux lèvres épaisses très serrées. Cheveux en gros bourrelet marqué d'une vague séparation médiane. Calathos au bord inférieur en une sorte de mince filet

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