Object card·SAL_4853·1969

Moulded head of a veiled woman, Salamis

Moulded head of a veiled woman, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4853. "Moulded head of a veiled woman, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

Other image (1)

English, translated from the French record

Complete head with neck, of buff clay, hollow-moulded, with a nearly flat back joined to the front by a ridged seam; H. 12.3 cm. Round face with receding forehead, heavy-lidded eyes, high mouth without labial channel and full lips; curly hair and a turban, with the veil falling at the sides, perhaps a veiled woman and cult agent. From the same mould as Sal_2307; area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east), Classical period. Inventory Tc_1799; 29 August 1969.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe num planche : PL_06 forme : La femme voilée : agent du culte ? caracterique : Entre cheveux et voile, un ruban ou un turban carre : K VI/γ4 (est) yeux battus diapositives : C_4860 inv objet : Tc_1799 inv tessons : Tc_1799 negatif : 01114_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0157_p_0064 Tête complète, avec le cou. Pâte chamois. Moulée creuse arrière presque plat, raccordé à l'avant par un joint en arête. H. 12,3. Visage rond : front fuyant bouche haute (pas de canal labial), aux lèvres charnues. Cheveux bouclés et turban, avec le voile descendant sur les côtés. Du même moule que Sal_2307.

Corrections and additions

Can you tell us more about this?

If you can identify, date or place this item, or know where else it is recorded, we would like to hear.

We would like to hear about

  • What it shows or records
  • Its date, place or author
  • Where else it is published or held
  • A mistake in our description

Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

More from Salamis

16,340 items in the archiveThe site →