Object card·SAL_5058·1969

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_5058. "Terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Upper fragment of a mould-made hollow terracotta head of the Great Goddess in Classical style, with part of the forehead, the corner of the eye, hair on the right side and the corresponding calathos preserved to its top; chamois fabric with grey-white slip. The open calathos, H. 9.4 cm, carries a band of deep relief decoration of rings with a small central bead alternating with joined lotus flowers, and its back is convex; the hair is pulled back in strongly marked locks with deep, broad incisions, and the calathos is bordered above and below by incised lines. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_1935; 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_03 décor en fort relief : une rangée d'anneaux à petite perle centrale, en alternance avec des fleurs de lotus accolées arrière convexe le calathos continue à monter, sans décor. Fragment du haut d'une tête, avec une partie du front (coin de l'œil visible) et des cheveux (côté droit) et la partie de calathos correspondante, conservée jusqu'au sommet. Pâte chamois et engobe blanc gris. Moulé creux calathos ouvert. H. 9,4. Cheveux tirés en arrière, en mèches fortement marquées (incisions profondes et larges). Calathos formant à la base un bandeau nettement délimité en haut et en bas (lignes incisées) diapositives : C_5104 inv objet : Tc_1935 inv tessons : Tc_1935 negatif : 01174_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0083_p_0051

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