A New Disc-Faced Figurine and Its Examination Within the Scope of Goddess Worship in Anatolia

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？yük", "Kütahya", "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