A Proto-Bactrian oolitic limestone 'column' idol

LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A Proto-Bactrian oolitic limestone 'column' idol
Late 3rd/early 2nd millennium B.C.
With yellow veining, of slightly flaring form with longitudinal groove carved across the top and base
14¾ in. (37.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For the above and following lot, Cf. Pottier, op. cit., pp. 41-42, pl. XXXIV; Schmidt, op. cit., pl. CXXXVI; and Schmidt, Excavations at Tépe Hissar Damghan, The University Museum, Philadelphia, 1937, pp. 216-9, pl. LXI for similar 'cult'-idols found, often with a disk, near the Caspian Sea at Tépe Hissar in the 1930's.

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