Ox Figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 10313

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean)

Date

1310-1190 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.055 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 2, Νο 17

Description
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Part of a handmade ox figurine. Its precise find spot on the Acropolis remains unspecified. The hind legs as well as its tail are missing. The animal has a long, tubular body covered in vertical dense lines in brown-black colour.

Ox figurines of this type are frequently retrieved at sanctuaries and are considered to symbolise fertility and agricultural life. On the Acropolis they were most possibly dedications made by individuals to the Mycenean fertility goddess, perhaps Athena.

French, E., «The Development of Mycenenan Terracotta Figurines», Annual of the British School at Athens 66, 1971, σελ. 167