Small stone quadruped
Life Story
This small object is a pendant or amulet made of shiny green stone, with a very smoothed surface. It depicts a quadruped, perhaps a sheep. The tail and head are depicted clearly, and the legs divided by a groove. The hole is placed centrally for suspension.
The chronology is probably Neolithic, but without good contextual associations this is unclear.
Michael Boyd, April 2022
Further Reading
Tomkins, P., ‘Neolithic antecedents’, in The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, ed. E. Cline (Oxford University Press, 2012), 31-50.
Not on display
Title/Description: Small stone quadruped
Object Type: Ornament
Materials: Stone
Measurements: h. 28 x w. 35 x d. 10 mm
Accession Number: 575b
Historic Period: Neolithic (c. 4500-3500 BC)
Production Place: Europe, Greece, Thessaly
Cultural Group: Neolithic
Credit Line: Donated by Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, 1978
