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Headless female figurine

Π3034
Clay
Mended from many fragments and restored on the left arm, the torso and the skirt.
Height: 36.6 cm.
Hagia Triada
Tomba degli Ori
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙA period.:
1400 - 1300 BC:
Gallery:
VII
Case:
71
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion - Domestic and open-air cult
Domestic shrines. Figurines and libation vessels
Description
Singular figurine of headless standing female. The white paint is preserved in many places. The arms are bent towards the belly. The wheelmade cylindrical skirt, which also serves as the base of the figure, tapers slightly downwards and is covered with dense conical nubs. Their similarity to the figure’s breasts is reminiscent of the later many-breasted statuette of Artemis of Ephesus. This has led some scholars to interpret the Agia Triada figurine as a many-breasted Minoan goddess, although there are few solid arguments for this theory. A similar figurine was found in the palace of Phaistos but the rarity of this type makes its interpretation very difficult.
Bibliography:
Cucuzza, N. "Minoan Nativity Scenes? The Ayia Triada Swing Model and the Three-Dimensional Representation of Minoan Divine Epiphany." Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente XCI serie ΙΙΙ,13 (2013): 175-207. Paribeni, R. "Ricerche nel sepolcreto di Haghia Triada presso Phaestos." Monumenti Antichi 14 (1904): 677-756. Sphakianakis, D. "Female Figurine." In M. Andreadaki-Vlazaki, G. Rethemiotakis, N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki (eds), From the Land of the Labyrinth. Minoan Crete, 3000 - 1100 B.C., New York, 2008, 208.
Author:
E. S.


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