This small ceramic figurine, with elongated eyes and a serene face, represents a nude woman. Her loose hair indicates that she was a young woman, while her naked body, inhabited by celestial spheres, identifies her as the mantle of the universe, and as the giver of life.
Women were associated with life, fertility, flourishing nature, and even celestial beings such as the moon and stars.
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