Object card·SAL_5046·1969

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_5046. "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 of the Great Goddess (La grande déesse à Calathos) with the start of the neck, classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4. Height 5.4 cm; very coarse workmanship, with worn surface, chamois fabric and solid moulding; features effaced, mouth and chin recessed, hair an indistinct roll, and a wide but short calathos originally undecorated, on which three large flat pellets were applied (decoration of the headdress applied separately). Inventory Tc_1928; 4 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/δ4 num planche : PL_02 arrière plat, en courbe au sommet calathos fermé pans latéraux s'éloignant du cou. surface usée. Pâte chamois. Moulée pleine éléments rapportés : décor de la coiffe Tête complète, avec le départ du cou diapositives : C_5093 inv objet : Tc_1928 inv tessons : Tc_1928 negatif : 01204_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0059_p_0046 facture très grossière. H. 5,4. Visage aux traits effacés, bouche et menton comme rentrés. Cheveux en bourrelet indistinct. Calathos large mais court, sans décor à l'origine, sur lequel ont été plaquées 3 grosses pastilles plates

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