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Schematically presented an upright female figure. By denting, the eyes, nose and mouth are marked. Three holes were drilled on the periphery of the head (in place of the ears); a copper earring was preserved in one. The lower body is decorated with incised lines and concave dots; the sex triangle is marked. Anthropomorphic idols - amulets are one of the most characteristic objects of the late Chalcolithic era, and in various iconography they are found in almost all the settlements and necropolises studied in the settlement mound. A workshop for bone idols has been studied. NAIM, Inv. No. 283 (15) Maya Avramova
Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology
Title: Idol
Description:
Schematically presented an upright female figure.
By denting, the eyes, nose and mouth are marked.
Three holes were drilled on the periphery of the head (in place of the ears); a copper earring was preserved in one.
The lower body is decorated with incised lines and concave dots; the sex triangle is marked.
Anthropomorphic idols - amulets are one of the most characteristic objects of the late Chalcolithic era, and in various iconography they are found in almost all the settlements and necropolises studied in the settlement mound.
A workshop for bone idols has been studied.
NAIM, Inv.
No.
283 (15) Maya Avramova.
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