Board idol
Cypriot Brettidol of the Red polished ware (2100–2000 BC); today in the Museum of All Saints' Day .
Board idols are a special statuette shape that was made at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. BC in the Bronze Age on Cyprus . They are expressive, abstract, ornate figurines with flat, rectangular-shaped bodies made of clay that represent female deities. The male counterpart are the ingot gods , who are shown standing on ox skin bars .
The armless and legless idols are believed to have emerged from older wooden board idols (Greek Xoana ). Board idols were used in rural Boeotia and Attica until the 6th century BC. And their wooden models can be traced back to the 3rd millennium BC. Trace back to BC. In ancient times, idols were the subject of domestic worship.
literature
- Eberhard Paul : The Boeotian board idols. In: Scientific journal of the Karl Marx University Leipzig 8, 1 (1958–59) pp. 165–206.
- Lorna Trayler: A Cypriot board idol in the Archaeological Collection. In: Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich 34–36 (2008 [2010]) pp. 15–22.