Human Figurine

CBS Register: fragment, terracotta figurine, head and lower part and arms wanting, woman (Beltis) with necklace, pudenda indicated, earlier period.

PBS XVI: bust of a nude woman. Good example of primitive hand-modelling. Hips and shoulders are given prominence by a side depression of the flat piece of clay. Primitive Greek idols have the same violin-shaped form. The breasts are pellets attached or are modelled as in this example out of the mass. A pellet is added to the navel. The pubes is a triangle with markings. The joined legs usually end in a point. The statuette could not stand, but was laid flat or was planted in soft soil. The beads of the two strand necklace are incised.