The Bearded Man and the Pregnant Woman Terracotta Figurines: A Case of Divine “Open Relationship” in Persian-Period Levant?

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Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.11.2-3.0177

Ida Oggiano, Fabio Porzia

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article, the authors analyze a widespread Persian-period terracotta figurine type in the Levant: the seated man with an atef crown or a cylindrical tiara and a hand touching his beard. As well as studying the specific attributes and the evolution of this iconography, the authors will address its association in cultic contexts with another figurine: the pregnant woman. By providing new arguments to identify the bearded man and the pregnant woman as (mainly) divine images, which are at the same time associated and distinct, the authors stress that the idea of a divine couple in an “open relationship” is of pivotal importance in understanding the organization of ancient polytheisms.

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大胡子男人和孕妇陶俑:波斯时期黎凡特的神圣“开放关系”案例?

在这篇文章中，作者分析了在黎凡特广泛存在的波斯时期的兵马俑类型:一个坐着的男人，戴着一顶王冠或圆柱头饰，一只手摸着他的胡子。除了研究这一图像的具体属性和演变，作者还将讨论它在邪教背景下与另一个雕像的联系:孕妇。通过提供新的论据来确定大胡子男人和怀孕的女人(主要)是神圣的形象，这同时是相互关联的和不同的，作者强调了“开放关系”中的神圣夫妇的想法对于理解古代多神论的组织是至关重要的。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to traditional, anthropological, social, and applied archaeologies of the Eastern Mediterranean, encompassing both prehistoric and historic periods. The journal’s geographic range spans three continents and brings together, as no academic periodical has done before, the archaeologies of Greece and the Aegean, Anatolia, the Levant, Cyprus, Egypt and North Africa. As the publication will not be identified with any particular archaeological discipline, the editors invite articles from all varieties of professionals who work on the past cultures of the modern countries bordering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Similarly, a broad range of topics are covered, including, but by no means limited to: Excavation and survey field results; Landscape archaeology and GIS; Underwater archaeology; Archaeological sciences and archaeometry; Material culture studies; Ethnoarchaeology; Social archaeology; Conservation and heritage studies; Cultural heritage management; Sustainable tourism development; and New technologies/virtual reality.