Female phi idol

Female phi idol from the flowering and late period of Mycenaean culture, which is its greatest extent during the 14th and 13th centuries BC.BC experienced and is named after the famous castle of Mycenae, small female tonidole come in which the mycenaian tendency towards extreme schematization becomes clearly recognizable: characteristic of these simply shaped and painted figures are a foot -long, accommodated and fold -rich robe, oneType crown and certain arms.These types are known today under the names of the Greek letters Phi and PSI, which they are remarkable in their form.The older phi type stylizes an attitude in which - as with prayer - the arms are put under the breasts.With the arms raised on both sides, the PSI type shows a cultic gesture, which as an appearance (epiphany) in images of gods as early as the early 2nd millennium BC.Is attested.

H. 10,7 cm, B. 4,1 cm

Late Bronze Age II

Antikensammlung, V 3253