Object card·SAL_4946·1969

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_4946. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with a calathos, Classical period, in very poor condition; buff fabric, hollow mould-made, with a twisted parotid lock behind the ear and a flat disc and conical pendant earring. Incomplete, only the left half survives; H. 10.5 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1857; 1 September 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/δ4 arrière convexe calathos ouvert (?) très abîmée. Pâte chamois. Moulée creuse mèche parotide torsadée, en arrière de l'oreille. Calathos droit, presque cylindrique, au bord inférieur indistinct. Boucle d'oreille : pastille plate et pendant conique. diapositives : C_4981 inv objet : Tc_1857 inv tessons : Tc_1857 negatif : 01139_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0006_p_0038 Tête incomplète : il reste seulement la moitié gauche retouches par incisions : mèches du bourrelet de cheveux. H. 10,5. Visage très mal modelé, sans traits visibles. Cheveux tirés, en un bourrelet frontal continu

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