Object card·SAL_5130·1969

Terracotta head fragment with side veil panels, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment with side veil panels, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5130. "Terracotta head fragment with side veil panels, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lower fragment of a terracotta head, broken at the level of the tip of the nose, with the neck, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; Classical period. Salmon-coloured fabric with cream slip, moulded hollow; H. 6.6 cm. Inventory Tc_1983; negatives 01198_01 and 01197_01; slide C_5171; 6 September 1969. The joints merge with the side panels of the headdress. Fine face with a very clear lower outline, a barely indicated labial groove, a small round chin, a closed mouth with fleshy sensual lips, the upper lip hemmed, the lower lip slightly drooping, and strongly marked corners. There is a marked depression under the lower lip; serpentine locks run along the neck. Set well back on the sides, the side panels of the headdress are in strong relief, especially the right one. The tips of earring pendants remain. Probably from the same mould as head Sal_2142.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Tête conservées carre : K VI/δ4 num planche : PL_07 forme : Pans latéraux de coiffes ou de voiles type :Coiffe non conservée les joints se confondent avec les pans latéraux de la coiffe. H. 6,6. Beau visage : contour du bas du visage très net canal labial à peine indiqué petit menton rond bouche fermée, aux lèvres charnues et sensuelles, la lèvre supérieure ourlée, la lèvre inférieure légèrement tombante, aux commissures fortement marquées Fragment du bas d'une tête (cassure à hauteur du bout du nez), avec le cou. Pâte saumon et engobe crème. Moulé creux dépression accentuée sous la lèvre inférieure. On aperçoit des mèches serpentines longeant le cou. Très en retrait sur les côtés, pans latéraux de coiffe en fort relief (surtout celui de droite). Il reste les pointes de pendants d'oreilles. Sans doute du même moule que la tête Sal_2142. diapositives : C_5171 inv objet : Tc_1983 inv tessons : Tc_1983 negatif : 01198_01 negatif : 01197_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0177_p_0067 arrière convexe, lissé obliquement (traces du lissage)

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