figure
- Museum number
- 1863,0213.3
- Description
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Carved marble figure, preserved to mid-thigh. The face has a very pointed chin, an indent indicating a mouth, and a long nose with indents on either side indicating eyes. The pubic area appears to be unfinished, with a raised square at the groin with a smaller raised square on top preventing a positive identification of the sex. There appears to be a pair of roughly hewn breasts, uneven in size, near the armpit region of the torso. The arms are not clearly one on top of the other, as one appears to loop from shoulder to shoulder, with the other forearm incised directly above. The legs may have broken off during production, as they appear to have been reworked and rounded-off. The back depicts a waist, as well as a small raised rectangle at the buttocks.
- Production date
- 2800BC – 2300BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.20 centimetres
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Width: 8.50 centimetres (shoulders)
- Curator's comments
- The pubic area appears to be unfinished, though it is perhaps intended to have been male, due to the raised square at the groin with a smaller raised square on top.
Fitton, J. L. 1999. 'Cycladic Art', second edition. London: BMP, p. 70, fig.71.
Blinkenberg, C. 1896, “Antiquités Prémycéniennes”, Mémoires de la Sociétié Royale des Antiquaires du Nord, 1-69. p. 20;
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Lower legs missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1863
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1863,0213.3