Schematic Idol | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1992.256.210
Title: Schematic Idol
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: statuette, sculpture
Date: c. 2700 BCE-c. 2100 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
Period: Bronze Age
Culture: Anatolian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288854

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 13.2 x 7 x 0.7 cm (5 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
Accession Year: 1992
Object Number: 1992.256.210
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions: The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description: Statuette with oval head perched atop long neck with tapers upward. Square shoulders atop a wide body with convex bottom edge. Corroded surface. Intact. Some chips missing from rounded top and bottom edge of body.

These abstract human figures were found widely in third millennium burials throughout western Anatolia.

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Your Collection

Log in to the Harvard Art Museums