{The Goddess in Aegean Art [continued (4)]}[9th February 1991]

[Redbook8:249][19910209:1600e]{The Goddess in Aegean Art [continued (4)]}[9th February 1991]

19910209:1600

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‘The Middle Minoan period differs principally from the Early Minoan in the creation of palaces and a palatial life and art.... Miniature sculpture of the highest quality, some of it of fired sand and clay, was produced from at least as early as 1700BC[E]. good examples are two female figures (called “Snake Goddesses”) from Knossos, dated about 1700BC[E] (Archeological Museum, Iráklion, Crete). These women stand with their arms in front of them, holding sacred snakes; they wear a flounced skirt and tight belt, and their breasts are bare.’

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*(c[irca]2000-1600BCE)

ie 2048S~[& upper-right-quarter-circle (symbol)]|r~[& upper-left-quarter-circle (symbol)]

**ie 2048S~|r~1792BCE

***– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:60]

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