Female head figurine with veil, Salamis necropolis
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5673. "Female head figurine with veil, Salamis necropolis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Figurine: female head with veil (a well-known type, compare the heads from Arsos or Larnaca). Hair in a band across the forehead, veil set well back, bun. Soft limestone. Rather crudely worked; the back only roughly shaped with broad chisel strokes to render the veil. H. 12, l. 8.4. Chance find, necropolis, Salamis; inventory Sc_0155; 10 September 1970.
French, as on the record
objet : Figurine
type :Tête féminine
Tête féminine voilée (type bien connu voir les têtes d'Arsos ou de Larnaca). Cheveux en bandeau sur le font, voile posé assez en arrière, chignon. Calcaire tendre. Taille assez grossière, arrière juste dégrossi à grands coups de ciseau pour figurer le voile. H. 12, l. 8,4
chantier : Découverte fortuite, nécropole
inv objet : Sc_0155
negatif : 04602_02
negatif : 04603_01
negatif : 04602_01
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