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Disc-Shaped Figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Disc-Shaped Figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010
Title: Disc-shaped figure

Period: Early Bronze III

Date: 2300-2000 BC

Geography: Central Anatolia

Medium: Gypsum alabaster

Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 in. (12 x 9 x 2 cm)

Classification: Stone-Sculpture

Credit Line: Purchase, Leon Levy and Shelby White Gift, 1984

Accession Number: 1984.20

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Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Disc figures have been found in cult buildings and graves at Kultepe in central Anatolia, as well as at the nearby sites of Zencidere and Acemhoyuk. Some are caved with "babies" and may have fertility significance.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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