Early Cycladic Sculpture by Oxbow Books

Author:Oxbow Books [Oxbow Books]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Figure 17.11 Nozzle of clay ‘Lamp’ Θμ17, Thermi, mixed levels. Scale 1:2.

Stone objects in pebble form were found at Emborio on Chios, in phases IX-I, which are equivalent to the EBA (all phases) and the MBA at Thermi. These were interpreted as figurines by Hood (1982, 655–6, fig. 293, pl. 136), who associated them with those from Troy and the Cyclades. He observed that the material they were made of was too soft for making tools and they show no signs of wear.

As regards no. 9 (MMΘμ 12), acrolithic figurines are known from Late Neolithic contexts (cf. Nanoglou & Pappa 2009, 257). The head of an LBA ‘kouros’ from Naxos has been interpreted as acrolithic, as also some heads made of ivory or other bone from LBA mainland Greece (Vlachopoulos 2010, 106–08, 110–13) and Crete (Sakellarakis & Sapouna-Sakellaraki 1997, 707).

However, the Thermi head bears no resemblance to the LBA examples. It is close to the earlier, LNII–FN head from Strofilas (Televantou 2017, 45, fig. 5.13) and the head of a long-necked, spade-shaped or spatula-shaped EBA figurine from Aghios Kosmas in Attica (Kostanti & Christopoulou this volume).

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