neolithic figurine pebble
c.6500‑4500 a.e.v.
Volos museum
- DATA
- Seated figure incised on a pebble. Neolithic Period (c.6500‑4500 a.e.v.).
- Found at Magoula (=hill) Karamourlar at Stephanovikio, Magnesia prefecture, Greece. (see PLACES LINKS)
- Dimensions: 4x3,3cm
- Exhibited at the Museum of Volos, M 132.
- COMMENTS
- This figure is not as characteristic as the others at {theoharis.ng., p.48-57}. But I include it here, not as a typical neolithic figurine, but for its beauty and its astonishingly modern line.
- SOURCE‑BOOK: {theoharis.ng.} Θεοχάρης, Δημήτριος, Ρ. Νεολιθική Ελλάς. Αθήνα: Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος, 1973. lang.gre.
- gre.pronunc: [θeo`xaris δi`mitrios r] [neoliθi`ci e`las] [a`θina]: [eθni`ci `trapeza tis e`laδos]
- data in eng: Theocharis, Demetrios R., Neolithic Greece, Athens: National Bank of Greece, 1973.
- RELATED PLACES
- Magnesia region in Greece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesia
- Stefanovikeio location: gre:Στεφανoβίκειo see northwest of city Volos (gre: BOΛOΣ)
Stefanovikeio@wikipedia (eng) + maplocator
- RELATED WORDS
- magoula gre.n.fem. = colloquial word for hill. ETYM: slav: mogula. (source, in greek: from Triantafyllidis Greek Dictionary
- RELATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- {theoharis.np.} Θεοχάρης, Δημήτριος, Ρ. Νεολιθικός Πολιτισμός., Athens: MIET, 1993. (Theocharis, Demetrios R. Neolithic Civilization.) lang:gre.
- PHOTO DATA
- neolithic_figurine_pebble_1_150x186.gif 23kb
- IMAGE SOURCE: http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/01/en/gallery/nl/karam.html retr:2007.10.
- SOURCE's SOURCE: {theoharis.ng. 48} Θεοχάρης, Δ.P., Νεολιθική Ελλάς, Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος, Αθήνα 1973, εικ. 14. © YΠΠO
- CAPTION at {theoharis.ng. 48} Figure no.14. Caption at page 48, lang.gre:
- Εγχάρακτη παράσταση καθισμένης μορφής σε πλακαρό βότσαλο (διαστ. 0,04 x 0.033 μ.) Μαγούλα Καραμουρλάρ. Μουσείον Βόλου Μ 132.
- CAPTION BY www.fhw.gr:
- location: Magoula Karamourlar (Stephanovikio, Magnesia).
- Seated figure incised on a pebble. Neolithic Period (c. 6500-4500 BC).
- Volos Museum M 132. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ARF. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- USED IN
- eng/history/topics/greek_history.htm
katerina sarri, athens, 2007.11.27. rev:2008.06.14.