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Title: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on January 06, 2018, 01:06:23 pm

Hello to all, this head figure got me stumped as the head cap is not familiar to me, it is 7.5× 4.5 cm at the widest, any help narrowing this artifact would be most appreciated!!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: SC on January 08, 2018, 08:58:13 pm

Interesting.  Hat and the form of the eyes do not look Roman to me.  Looks a bit like the old stuff from Byblos but not that old.  Canaanite????

SC

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on January 09, 2018, 01:49:24 am

Thanks Shawn, I had the same feeling of Cannanite origin so i searched on line for something similar but i had no luck!!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: JBF on January 09, 2018, 09:54:41 pm

I don't know statuary, but it strikes me as an African woman, with her hair worn up. or maybe something like a turban.

What is the material?  What size?

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on January 10, 2018, 01:36:58 am

Hi JBF, I mentioned that it is from black stone and 7.5X 4.5cm, and i am sure that it is from middle eastern culture!!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: SC on January 12, 2018, 06:01:05 pm

Found some interesting possibilities.

Google (image) search:

seated god from tel el-mishrife syria

god shamash syria brooklyn museum

seated god hazor canaanite
(this one is bronze)

SC

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on January 13, 2018, 02:38:46 am

Thanks Shawn, while each one of these examples has his own individual artistic characteristics, they seems to be very good options to compare with, i will check more examples from these civilizations!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: djmacdo on March 26, 2018, 06:36:59 pm

It looks Neo-Hittite to me.

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on March 27, 2018, 01:30:37 pm

Thanks David for the input, i checked Neo-Hittite examples on line and i think you have reason in this, the resemblance is quite big with this culture!!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: djmacdo on June 26, 2018, 06:55:56 am

Indeed--it looks very Syro-Hittite.

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Molinari on June 26, 2018, 11:49:59 am

What kind of black stone?  To me it looks like graphite, and if so it is suspect.

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on June 26, 2018, 11:51:28 am

Hi Nick, i really do not know what stone!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on June 26, 2018, 11:55:49 am

It is very heavy and heavier than graphite maybe basalt!!!

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Yuris N on September 29, 2018, 07:02:25 am

It’s looks mitanni to me

Regards ,

Yuris,

Title: Re: Black stone statue head!!
Post by: Canaan on September 29, 2018, 08:10:24 pm

Thanks Yuris, an interesting theory!!!! There are some artistic similarities!!!