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The male 'warrior' is shown with a bare oval head on a tall flat neck, a slight projection or conical headgear at the crown above. Two round eyes flank a long prominent nose. The metal of the short arms is curled round to form the hands that hold separately made spear and a curved sword. Two shallow breasts mark the chest below which can be see a short dagger in relief. His long flat torso terminates at a belt at the waist and a slight protrusion above the short legs marks his genitals. His knees are similarly shown and small feet stand on a low roughly domed support. Canaanite. 1st quarter of the 2nd Millennium BC Height: 15 cm Cf. Ora Negbi, 'Canaanite Gods in Metal - An Archaeological Study of Ancient Syro-Palestinian Figurines', Tel Aviv, 1976, pp. 8-9 and plate 6, no. 23, for a similar example. Another similar example in the British Museum can be seen in: Dominique Collon, 'Ancient Near Eastern Art', London 1995, p. 98, fig. 76. Provenance: UK collection |
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