The Hasanoglan sculpture was found in the village of Hasanoğlan allegedly during stone-quarrying activities. Slender 24,4 cm heigth female figurine is made of silver and gold - ‘’ The figurine was confirmed to be made of silver, however alloyed with a small but still substantial amount of copper. Applications are basically made of gold, with a suspected higher amount of silver involved’’ 1. It dates back to Hattian period ca 2500-2200 BC.The naked figure of slim woman has folded what suggests pregnancy. Such a statue was a figure of woman in life and afterlife or a goddes of fertility especially when is in grave2.
See:
- Thomas Zimmermann and Latif Özen, The Early Bronze Age figurine from Hasanoğlan, Central Turkey , New archaeometrical In: Anatolian Studies, Volume 66, 2016, pp. 17-22 - https://www.academia.edu/26974360
- Joan Aruz, Ronald Wallenfels, Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) 2003, p. 256
References
- ↑ Thomas Zimmermann, Latif Özen, 2016, pp. 17-22
- ↑Joan Aruz, Ronald Wallenfels, 2003, p. 256
