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Clay male figurine

Π21911
Clay
Lower legs missing.
Height: 8.3 cm.
Juktas
Psili Korfi
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Middle Minoan ΙΙΙ - Late Minoan I period.:
1700 - 1450 BC:
Gallery:
VII
Case:
67
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion - Domestic and open-air cult
Open-air Sanctuaries The Peak Sanctuaries.
Description
Standing male figurine. The hands are crossed on the breast in a gesture of adoration which is not depicted very often in human figurines. The figure is wearing a codpiece and preserves traces of reddish-brown paint. Human figurines are interpreted as adorants and are among the most common offerings at the open-air sanctuaries known as peak sanctuaries. At the sanctuary on the peak of Psili Korfi on Mt Juktas, male figurines are more numerous than female ones.
Bibliography:
Ioannidou-Karetsou, Α. "Το ιερό κορυφής του Γιούχτα." Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας (1977), Vol. IΙ: 419-420, pl. 222α. Ioannidou-Karetsou, A. "The Peak Sanctuary of Mt. Juktas." In R. H?gg and N. Marinatos (eds), Sanctuaries and Cults in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the First International Symposium at the Swedish Intititute in Athens, 12-13 May 1980. Stockholm, 1981, 137-153, fig. 17.
Author:
E. S.


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