SculptureAnatolian3rd millennium BCE

Schematic Idol

c. 2700 BCE-c. 2100 BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Marble

Culture

Anatolian

Period

Bronze Age

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.3 x 4.2 cm, 0.5 cm (3 11/16 x 1 5/8 in., 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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