Plank figure Anthropomorphic form

Plank figure Anthropomorphic form

Description:

Anthropomorphic form Brettidol of a human form with a surface according to the type of red polished goods.The face and neck are long and rectangular, the arms (the left is missing) short and clumsy;Rounded corners in the lower part of the body.The face and neck are a little narrower than the body.The nose is indicated by a vertical groove.Two horizontal grooves as eyes.A narrow, horizontal band across the forehead, which is filled with weird strokes, probably indicates a crown or a wreath.Two parallel horizontal ligaments around the neck under the nose, which are filled with sloping strokes.A similar, slightly curved band in the lower part of the neck and another, more curved from one shoulder to another.On the back there are four horizontal rows of weird strokes that illustrate the hair.Three horizontal lines on the arms.Three horizontal grooved ligaments, filled with sloping strokes, at the height of the waist or a little below.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis)


H. 19,9 cm, D. 1,5 cm

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

2000 - 1900 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka;1869 purchase

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, V 1241