Miniature Standing Female Figure

This small figure’s vertical body ends in a rounded tip. Its arms bend forward horizontally from the elbows. There are slight rounded protrusions on both shoulders. An oval head surmounts an elongated neck, flat at the back. It has a pointed, triangular nose, slight depressions for the eyes, and a modeled groove around the chin. A horizontal roll-like element, perhaps indicating part of a coiffure, sits atop the head. There are extremely rudimentary traces of breasts between the arms.

This small figure is a variant of the pointed spike figures of Late Bronze Age Levantine votive statuette. The flat horizontal roll atop the head is very unusual.

David G. Mitten