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Title
Peculiar idol of limestone from Eastern Crete
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Annotation
Peculiar idol of limestone from Neolithic Care of Palekita, near Zakros. Considered imitation of a Libyan prototype Goddes of fertility.
Detailed Info
| Object type |
idol
|
| Material |
limestone
|
| Size | 0 |
| Author of the object |
no
|
| Condition | bad |
| Original | yes |
| Historical period |
Neolithic Period
|
| Date bottom | -4000 exact date: no |
| Date top | -3000 |
| Location of the object |
Krete
(
Kriti
Crete
)
Agios Nikolaos Zakros |
| Museum |
Ag. Nikolaos, Archaeological museum
|
| Description | Peculiar idol of limestone from Neolithic Care of Palekita, near Zakros. Considered imitation of a Libyan prototype Goddes of fertility. Parallels in Cave of Trapeza on Lasithi. |
| Storage directory | AgNikolaos |
| Photographer | Zdenek Kratochvil |
| Updated at | 02-03-2010 10:52 |
| Created at | 02-03-2010 10:52 |
| Signature | 0501208 |