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ID: 700006581
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006581
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Figure of a Fertility Goddess (sculpture (visual works); Unknown Cypriot (Middle Chalcolithic) (Cypriot (Middle Chalc...; 3000 - 2500 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 83.AA.38)
Note: An unusually large female figure represented in a squatting position, perhaps meant to depict a woman giving birth. The figure's left arm was broken and repaired in antiquity. Holes were drilled on opposite sides of the break and the two pieces secured by a staple or tie, now missing.
Titles:
Figure of a Fertility Goddess (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Fertility Goddess (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 3000 - 2500 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Cypriot (Middle Chalcolithic) (Cypriot (Middle Chalcolithic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Cypriot (Cypriot cultural designation) [500203179]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 83.AA.38
Other: Creation: Cyprus [1006894] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Limestone
limestone [300011286]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)

Dimensions: Object: H: 39.1 x W: 26 x Diam. (hips): 42.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
Cypriot (preferred)
Middle Cypriot

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Cypriote [300020627] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Near Eastern (Early Western World))
Middle Chalcolithic [300106753] (style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>, three-age system, transitional periods Stone Age to Bronze Age, Chalcolithic)

General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
figure (representation) [300189808]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
goddess [300343852]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, deities) (AAT)
female [300189557]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (AAT)
fertility [300379149]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Figure of a Fertility Goddess........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Fertility Goddess........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP,JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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