Object card·SAL_4979·1969

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_4979. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete terracotta head with neck and right shoulder, of the Great Goddess type with calathos, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, Classical period; inventory Tc_1881; H. 11.2 cm. Pink fabric, unevenly fired, with varied surface colours and a cream slip (?); hollow mould-made, convex back, closed calathos with a row of convex studs and a band base in slight relief; face with worn features in right profile; hair in a continuous roll with undrawn strands; sans decoration on top; necklace of round beads holding a crescent moon at the centre; earring a convex stud with a pendant. Square K VI/γ4 (east); negative 01150_02; slide C_5011; 3 September 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/γ4 (est) décor : une rangée de pastilles convexes arrière convexe, calathos fermé. H. 11,2. Visage aux traits effacés, au profil droit. Cheveux en bourrelet continu aux mèches non dessinées. Calathos à base en bandeau en léger rehaut Tête complète, avec le cou et l'épaule droite. Pâte rose, de cuisson irrégulière, d'où diverses couleurs de surface, et engobe crème (?). Moulée creuse diapositives : C_5011 inv objet : Tc_1881 inv tessons : Tc_1881 negatif : 01150_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0039_p_0044 sommet sans décor. Collier de perles rondes retenant en son centre un croissant de lune. Boucle d'oreille : pastille convexe et pendant.

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