Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4841. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Head of a terracotta figurine wearing a calathos, with a worn face and broken nose; pink fabric with cream slip, hollow mould-made. Closed calathos with the back pressed in by thumb (fingerprint visible); very coarse manufacture, H. 7.7 cm. Hair in a shapeless roll forming a double shell at the centre; wide calathos with lateral facets; complete head with a very thin neck. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Classical period; inventory Tc_1788; negative 01078_02; slide C_4848; 28 August 1969.
French, as on the record
inv objet : Tc_1788
inv tessons : Tc_1788
negatif : 01078_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0011_p_0039
visage usé, nez cassé. Pâte rose et engobe crème. Moulée creuse
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
caracterique : Calathoi sans décor ou unis
epoque : Classique
forme : La grande déesse à Calathos
num planche : PL_01
objet : Tête conservées
type :Têtes avec coiffe
carre : K VI/δ4
calathos fermé, arrière enfoncé au pouce (empreinte)
fabrication très grossière. H. 7,7. Cheveux en bourrelet informe, formant coque double au centre. Calathos large, à pans latéraux.
Tête complète, avec un cou très mince
diapositives : C_4848
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