Venus of Macomer

The Venus of Macomer ( Italian Veneretta di Macomer or La Venere di Macomer ) was found in 1949 in the cave of Marras, above the ravine of the Rio S'Adde, near Macomer in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia .

description

The basalt statuette , classified as Neolithic , is around 14.0 cm high and three to five cm wide. Apart from the hare-like face, she has the peculiarities of Paleolithic "Venus" or mother goddesses and was a cult object. Rabbit heads engraved in the cave walls are also dated to the Paleolithic.

Giovanni Lilliu attributes the statuette to the Neolithic, but recognizes an archaic concept and the traditions of the Paleolithic. The unfinished or damaged Venus de Macomer is kept in the Archaeological Museum of Cagliari .

literature

• Giovanni Lilliu : La "Venere di Macomer". In: Giovanni Lilliu: Arte e religione della Sardegna prenuragica. Idoletti, ceramiche, oggetti d'ornamento (= Sardegna Archeologica. 4). Delfino, Sassari 1999, ISBN 88-7138-175-0 , pp. 9-11, ( digital copy (PDF; 5.71 MB) ).

Web links

• Description and photographs of the sculpture

Individual evidence

1. ^ Giovanni Lilliu: La civiltà dei Sardi dal Paleolitico all'età dei nuraghi. 3. edizione riveduta ed ampliata. Nuova ERI, Torino 1988, ISBN 88-397-0521-X , p. 18 ff.

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