 | 10747 | (none) | 1928,1010.407 | (none) | Terracotta Goddess
Fertility charm?
Grotesque figure standing obliquely on a flat pedestal. Triangular, beaked nose, circular pellet-shaped eyes, perforated ears. Hair done up in a heavy bun at the back; hair on top of bun represented by linear markings, oblique to the head, divided by a single central line which may represent a parting. Pronounced protruding breasts and deep incision at vagina, right arm held across body below the first and left arm held straight against the latter. Incisions oblique of lines of body at foot of statuette, in front, probably representing fringe of dress. Head broken from body in antiquity and stuck together with bitumen. |