Statuette

Ivory head in the round, fragment.

Muscarella Publication: "Greater part of a human head in the round; part of the right side and the back are missing, and the nose and part of the upper lip are broken away. The head is similar to no. 123 but not so finely executed: here the long chin is wide and without a cleft, the mouth is wider, and instead of a neck there is a rectangular peg for insertion into a separately made body or other unit. Eyes are oval with traces of a black substance within, probably a glue; heavy brows in relief meet over the eyes; the ear is large and S-shaped as on the relief, and pierced for an earring. Two electrum earrings found in Room 6 still contained ivory which indicates that they belonged to a statuette like this: Muscarella 1966, fig. 36. (Note that an earring of exactly the same type was found in 1970 in CC32) A circular hole, 3.3 cm. in depth and ca. 2 cm. in diameter was cut into the top, no doubt to hold a headdress; above the forehead the head is inset and was probably covered by the headdress. The lack of beard suggests that this head is that of a female."