%0 Journal Article
%T A New Disc-Faced Figurine and Its Examination Within the Scope of Goddess Worship in Anatolia
%A Emre Erdan
%J -
%D 2018
%X Disc-faced figurines are among the rare archaeological artefacts related to the Early Bronze Age II cultural regions in Inland Western Anatolia such as "£¿znik / Bitinya", "Upper Sakarya", "Demircih£¿y¨¹k", "K¨¹tahya", "Afyon" and "Kusura". It is important that these figurines, known for their characteristic disc-shaped faces are represented in a restricted area with such few examples. What makes them important is the fact that the disc-faced figurines are the first examples depicted with the polos in the iconography of the goddess in the following millennia. Disc-faced figurines often depict a sitting woman. In a limited number of examples, figurines are seen as standing. Disc-faced figurine which we examined in this study is preserved in the private collection of Dr. Kemal U£¿urbil. It is thought that the figurine that exhibits some rare characteristics among the others dates back to the Early Bronze Age II
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%K Polos
%K Disk y¨¹zl¨¹ fig¨¹rin
%K Tanr£¿£¿a tap£¿n£¿m£¿
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/huefd/issue/41233/430113