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Human figurine

Π2716
Clay
Missing the top of the head and part of the buttocks.
Height: 9.2 cm.
Knossos
Neolithic settlement under the Minoan palace
Stone Age. Late Neolithic period:
5300 - 4500 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
4
Exhibition thematic unit:
Stone Age (7000-3000 BC). The first communities
Figurines. Small images of the Neolithic world
Description
Human figurine with stylised outline of a torso. The head and arms at the sides are represented by triangular protrusions. The damage to the lower part of the figurine makes it unclear whether the figure was standing or seated. There is no indication of gender; however, the torso from the waist down is rounded, a feature of the plump female forms often seen in figurines of this period, so it is often referred to as a female figurine. The double zigzag on the torso has been highlighted in white paint and may represent details of a garment.
Bibliography:
Evans, A.J. The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. Volume I. London, 1921, 45, fig. 12:1a, b, c. Ucko, P. Anthropomorphic Figurines of Predynastic Egypt and Neolithic Crete with Comparative Material from the Prehistoric Near East and Mainland Greece. London, 1968.
Author:
E. S.


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