A Stone Metaphor of Creation

The petite, nude stone statuette from ˓Ain Ghazal, Jordan boasts neither female genitalia nor conspicuous breasts. Yet it is a female form, carved to focus attention on the abdomen whose size and profile leave no question that the figure is pregnant. Who is this female exulting in her pregnant state...

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Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: University of Chicago Press 1998
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Jahr: 1998, Band: 61, Heft: 2, Seiten: 109-117
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Zusammenfassung:The petite, nude stone statuette from ˓Ain Ghazal, Jordan boasts neither female genitalia nor conspicuous breasts. Yet it is a female form, carved to focus attention on the abdomen whose size and profile leave no question that the figure is pregnant. Who is this female exulting in her pregnant state, and what did she signify to the Neolithic villagers?
ISSN:2325-5404
Enthält:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3210640