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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Chicago Press
1998
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Near Eastern archaeology
Année: 1998, Volume: 61, Numéro: 2, Pages: 109-117 |
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Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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? |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210640 |