Object card·SAL_4982·1969

Moulded head fragment with calathos, Great Goddess, Salamis

Moulded head fragment with calathos, Great Goddess, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4982. "Moulded head fragment with calathos, Great Goddess, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of a Classical moulded head of the Great Goddess with calathos, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ4 (east). Hollow-moulded, pink fabric with greenish-white slip, convex back with an arris joint, carelessly made, H. 9.3 cm; the top of a calathos with a row of dotted pellets with central point, griffins with spread wings, similar pellets between the heads, small balls between the legs and between wing and neck, and flat relief crenellations at the top. Inventory Tc_1884; 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) arrière convexe, joint en arête facture négligée. H. 9,3. Décor de bas en haut : un rang de pastilles à point central diapositives : C_5014 inv objet : Tc_1884 inv tessons : Tc_1884 negatif : 01150_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0104_p_0055 griffons aux ailes éployées, avec le même type de pastille entre les têtes, et avec de petites boules entre les pattes et entre aile et cou, créneaux en relief plat au sommet. Fragment de tête : haut de calathos. Pâte rose et engobe blanc vert. Moulé creux

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