| Description (summary) |
2018-03-15 |
yM |
Molded head of a female figurine. Only a small portion of the neck is preserved. This figurine depicts a woman with a small mouth, big wedged eyes and eyebrows. The figure is wearing a head dress that resembles a high turban shaped like a crown with a band on the front, decorated with incised small vertical stripes. The head is hollow, which indicates a high level of craftsmanship. It could also indicate a certain function. This is hard to determine because the rest of the body is missing. The facial features and style of this representation are not very consistent with the Mesopotamian style, or Urkesh style. This human figurine has classical period characteristics. Since we do not have any evidence of a later Roman settlement in the region nor we are in the right time frame to suggest an influence from Roman or Hellenistic occupation area, or importation, we have then to assume at least that this figurine was imported, in later periods. [Input: ZK226yM.j] |