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| Keywords: Syrian - "Tel Halaf" Fertility Figurine - Walters 482741 - Back.jpg As early as the 7th millennium BC cultures in the Near East began to create organized settlements with well-developed religious and funerary practices The Halaf culture of Anatolia central Turkey and northern Syria arose around 5000 BC and produced remarkable female figurines with distinctive fertility attributes This statuette is seated with legs extended her arms cradling her protruding breasts Bands of pigment emphasize the full rounded forms of her limbs and suggest facial features a necklace and loincloth between 5000 4000 BC terracotta with traces of pigment cm 8 15 5 5 46 accession number 48 2741 34867 Dr André Lagneau Switzerland Antiquarium Ltd sale no ANT 1375 New York 1996 Walters Art Museum 1997 by purchase Museum purchase 1997 place of origin Anatolia Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Ceramics from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Halaf culture Women wearing loincloths in art Topless women wearing loincloths | ||||
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