Bone human figurine



Bone human figurine

Ο-Ε270
Bone
Intact
Height: 5.4 cm.
Trapeza Lassithi
Trapeza Cave
Early - Middle Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan ΙI - Middle Minoan ΙA period.:
2700 - 1900 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
10
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
Tholos tombs. Figurines - The symbolisms of the human form
Description
One of six similar stone figurines found in the burial cave of Trapeza in Lasithi. Known as “Trapeza-type” figurines after the place where they were found, they form a distinct category of Early Minoan figurines, clearly influenced by Cycladic-type figurines. They have a head with a pointed chin, indicating only the mouth and, faintly, the nose, a square body with arms folded under the breast, and a bulky apron. This figurine is thought to be wearing a kind of apron. A Trapeza-type figurine has also been found outside Lasithi, in Tholos Tomb A of Agia Triada in the Mesara.
Bibliography:
Branigan, K. "Cycladic Figurines and their Derivatives in Crete." Annual of the British School at Athens 66 (1971): 57-78. Pendlebury, H. W., Pendlebury, J. D. S., and Money-Coutts, M. B. "Excavations in the Plain of Lasithi. I. The Cave of Trapeza." Annual of the British School at Athens 36 (1935-1936): 5-131.
Author:
E. S.


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