• Cycladic-type seated female figurine



Cycladic-type seated female figurine
Cycladic-type seated female figurine

Cycladic-type seated female figurine

Γ287
Stone (Marble)
Mended on the neck and both legs of the chair. Restored on the back right leg of the chair. The feet are missing.
Height: 8.1 cm. Width of torso: 3 cm. Width of seat: 3.2 cm.
Tekes Heraklion
Nisiotis field
Early Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan ΙΙI period.:
2700 - 2400 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
10
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
Figurines - The symbolisms of the human form
Description
One of the seven Cycladic-type figurines handed into the Heraklion Museum together with two silver daggers as chance finds from a field in the Tekes area. Female figurines seated on stools have been found in a cemetery in the Cyclades, but it is unclear whether this example is imported or Cretan-made. Since the objects from Tekes do not come from an excavation, we do not know if they were all found together or their precise dating. However, as similar finds usually come from tombs, it is very likely that this assemblage came from a rich tomb in the Tekes area.
Bibliography:
Marinatos, S. "Funde und Forschungen auf Kreta." Arch?ologischer Anzeiger 48: 287-314. Sotirakopoulou, P. and G. Gavalas. "Κυκλαδικά και Κυκλαδικού Τύπου Ειδώλια - Οι συμβολισμοί της ανθρώπινης μορφής από τον Τεκέ Ηρακλείου: Ερωτήματα Προέλευσης, Αυθεντικότητας και Ερμηνείας." In Ν. Chr. Stampolidis and P. Sotirakopoulou (eds), Κυκλαδικά στην Κρήτη. Κυκλαδικά και Κυκλαδίζοντα Ειδώλια - Οι συμβολισμοί της ανθρώπινης μορφής μέσα στην ανασκαφική τους συνάφεια. Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου, Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης, Athens, 1-2 Οκτωβρίου 2015, Athens, 2017, 133-160.
Author:
E. S.


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