Raised arm figure (goddess)
Item
File name
sackett_183 See all items with this value
Title
Raised arm figure (goddess) See all items with this value
Description
This is an image of a terracotta simplified female figure from the hips up. Her arms are raised. She wears a crown of some sort on her head. Her breasts and hips are exaggerated and she has a very small waist. See all items with this value
Place name
Knosós (ancient site) See all items with this value
Subject
Artifact
Notes
These sorts of figures are common throughout the late Minoan period around Knossos. They are called raised arm figures and are religious votive figures. They are most commonly interpreted as goddesses. They could be an iconographic continuation of Minoan divine tradition of depictions like the Snake Goddess.
Date photographed
January 1969
