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APC Image: AK 0981: Seven Mycenaean figurines. Human figures fall into two common types. One - with high, concave headdress, pinched-out nose, upraised, wing-like arms spreading from the sides of a flat torso, and a cylindrical stem resting on a flaring, slightly concave foot. The decoration consists of a band about the neck and waist, vertical straight or wavy lines across the upper body and arms, and broader vertical stripes on the stem. Left top and bottom, and right top figurines belong to this first type. The other type is smaller, with hollow skirt tapering inward at the waist, and flat, plastic arms crossed over the breasts. Midddle bottom figurine belongs to this second type (its head is missing). Right bottom head is typical: it has low headdress, swinging out just above the eyes and nose, but having little projection. The nose, though broken, was far more abrupt than usual. Large ears project boldly, pointing forward, and the long neck is adorned with broad stripes changing to short horizontal bars across the throat. Modelling is crude, rough, and uneven. Object Description: | | Seven Mycenaean figurines. Human figures fall into two common types. One - with high, concave headdress, pinched-out nose, upraised, wing-like arms spreading from the sides of a flat torso, and a cylindrical stem resting on a flaring, slightly concave foot. The decoration consists of a band about the neck and waist, vertical straight or wavy lines across the upper body and arms, and broader vertical stripes on the stem. Left top and bottom, and right top figurines belong to this first type. The other type is smaller, with hollow skirt tapering inward at the waist, and flat, plastic arms crossed over the breasts. Midddle bottom figurine belongs to this second type (its head is missing). Right bottom head is typical: it has low headdress, swinging out just above the eyes and nose, but having little projection. The nose, though broken, was far more abrupt than usual. Large ears project boldly, pointing forward, and the long neck is adorned with broad stripes changing to short horizontal bars across the throat. Modelling is crude, rough, and uneven. | Negative Number: | | AK 0981 | Category: | | Terracottas | Subcategory: | | Statuette | Site: | | Acropolis, North Slope | City: | | Athens | Region: | | Attica | Country: | | Greece | Date: | | 1934 | Format: | | Glass-plate | Dimensions: | | 18 X 13 | Bibliography: | | Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 190, fig. 1. | Repository: | | ASCSA ARCHIVES | Collection Title: | | Archaeological Photographic Collection | Series: | | AK | Image Width: | | 2136 | Image Height: | | 1554 |
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