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Made of black stone (such as jasper or soapstone), depicting a crouching male figure with his arms folded at his sides; the finely carved head is turned upwards, and the figure appears to be in a posture of prayer or submission.
Anatolia, Chalcolithic period of Western Asia, late 5th to early 4th millennium.
Height: 4.3 cm – Width: 3 cm
(In very good overall condition)
– Believed to be from the former Mariaud de Serre collection
.– Acquired from Galerie Noujaïm at the Louvre des Antiquaires in 2010
.– A.R. Collection
From the end of the Neolithic period, around 6000 BC, figurines of women and men began to appear throughout the Near East, particularly at the sites of Çatal Höyük and Haçila in southern Anatolia. Depictions of pregnant women may have served as protective amulets for childbirth.