A Marble Figure of a Goddess, Early Bronze Age, circa 3300-2500 B.C.

of Kiliya type, of highly stylized form with incised detail on the slender lozenge-shaped body, wing-like arms each with shallow ridge on the inside, rounded shoulders, and ellipsoid head with diminutive eye(s).

Jay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 20th-21st, 1975, no. 670, illus.)

"Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.," Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, June 25th-October 10th, 1976

Jürgen Thimme, ed., Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., catalogue of the exhibition, Karlsruhe, 1976, p. 562, no. 560, illus. (p. 402)
Pat Getz-Preziosi, "Stone Figurines," in Martha S. Joukowski, ed., Prehistoric Aphrodisias: An Account of the Excavations and Artifact Studies, vol. I, Providence and Louvain, 1986, p. 206, note 117
Jürgen Seeher, "Die kleinasiatischen Marmorstatuetten vom Typ Kiliya," Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1992/2, p. 160, no. 18

As shown, note lower legs missing and nose chipped---ends of arms also chipped---surface of head worn and eyes are barely visible. The neck is repaired and partially restored---seemingly more than once. The back retains an area of encrustation. (the yellow lines crossing the object are veins in the stone)
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