1992.256.210: Schematic Idol
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.256.210
- Title
- Schematic Idol
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- c. 2700 BCE-c. 2100 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Culture
- Anatolian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288854
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 13.2 x 7 x 0.7 cm (5 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.256.210
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Statuette with oval head perched atop long neck with tapers upward. Square shoulders atop a wide body with convex bottom edge. Corroded surface. Intact. Some chips missing from rounded top and bottom edge of body.
These abstract human figures were found widely in third millennium burials throughout western Anatolia.
Verification Level
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