Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey
Goddess figurine, an obese nude female figure, possibly a goddess of agriculture and human fertility, seated between 2 leopards, with between her legs the head of nascent child or and eniyet or skull of a forefather, terracotta, 5750 BC, Chalcolithic period, from Catalhoyuk, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, founded 1921 by Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50449322
Media ID
50449322
Size
5673px x 8268px
(7.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
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