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    Lower body and feet of prehistoric idol, upper side. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
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    Lower body and feet of prehistoric idol, underside. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lower Body and Feet of a Prehistoric Idol

Date
Ca. 2500-2000 BC (?), Early Bronze Age
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S69.007
Material
Schist, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Prehistoric, Human Figure
Site
Eski Balıkhane
Sector
BT
Trench
EB
Findspot
EB, trench A., 0.80 below surface, ca. 1.0-1.10 below top of marker A. In rubble fill near cover of a grave but not apparently connected with burial.
Description

Preserved are the lower body and legs tapering to small pointed feet. The interior of the legs is unfinished. This is an example of a flat idol of obese type.

According to D.G. Mitten it is “like a silhouette cut-out of a mother goddess figurine.”

Condition
Gray, hard schist, yellow accretion. Broken at top (waist) and splintered at sides.
Dimensions
H. 0.076; W. 0.075; Th. 0.007
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Published: Mitten-Yüğrüm, Eski Balıkhane, 195, fig. 8.
Author
GMAH