Object card·SAL_5215·1964–1974

Terracotta head fragment with side veil, Salamis

Terracotta head fragment with side veil, Salamis
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5215. "Terracotta head fragment with side veil, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Fragment of the upper left part of a head, without the back, in pale green paste, mould-made and hollow; H. 6.1 cm. Only the left temple survives, with the faintly marked brow ridge and the flattened upper eyelid; the hair is in large locks drawn strongly to the side, and part of a band with raised edges (?) and a broad side veil are visible, descending obliquely near the face as a fluted column (vertical flutes) capped by a double arch, also in relief. Classical period, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4; inventory Tc_2018, negative 01221_03.

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 dessin : D_0514 diapositives : C_5256 inv objet : Tc_2018 inv tessons : Tc_2018 negatif : 01221_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0178_p_0067 Fragment de la partie supérieure gauche d'une tête, sans arrière. Pâte vert pâle. Moulé creux. H. 6,1. Il ne reste que la tempe gauche, avec l'arcade sourcilière estompée et la paupière supérieure en méplat. Cheveux en grosses mèches fortement tirées sur le côté. De la coiffe, l'on voit un bout de bandeau aux bords en relief (?), et surtout un large pan latéral, qui descend en oblique près du visage en formant une sorte de colonnette cannelée (cannelures verticales), limitée à son sommet par un arc double, en relief lui aussi.

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