Female Formed Vessel

The handmade vessel is decorated in red
over cream coloured slip. It has a flat rim
and cylindrical neck. It is is in the form
of a woman with a globular body. The
base is flat. The lower part of the body is
broken and was later restored. The neck
is in the form of a human face with red
painted eyebrows and the eyes inlaid with
two rectangular pieces of obsidian. The
other surfaces are decorated with vertical
zigzag motifs. Two nipples on the upper
body confirm that the vessel represents
a woman. The arms are bent with the
hands resting on the abdomen. The right
arm is broken and the missing part has
been restored, while the broken left arm
has been glued back. The lower part of
the body is decorated with horizontal
lines and the back of the vessel with
vertical zigzag motifs around a lozenge
motif. Only a few anthropomorphic
vessels have been found at the Hacılar I
settlement. It is thought that they were
used for rituals in sanctuaries or tombs.
(see Mellaart 1970, p. 181). A fragment
of a similar vessel has been found in the
Early Chalcolithic Age settlement at
Çatalhöyük West (see Gibson and Last
2003, p. 14).