Snake Goddess or Attendant / Woman or Goddess with Snakes / Middle Minoan/New Palace Period; Creation date: 1600-1580 BCE

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Work Title: Snake Goddess or Attendant; Woman or Goddess with Snakes
Creator/Culture: Minoan
Site/Repository: Discovery location: from the palace complex, Knossos (Crete, Greece); Repository: Archaeological Museum (Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
Period/Date: Middle Minoan/New Palace Period; Creation date: 1600-1580 BCE
Media/Technique: faience, sculpture
Dimensions: height: 11.5 inches (29.21 cm)
Subjects: Goddesses; Snakes; Minoan art; Palace of Knossos (Knossos); Crete (Greece); Civilization, Aegean; Greece; Sculptures (visual works); Figurines; Bare-breasted female figures
Work Record ID: 145814
Image Record ID: 966857
Digital filename: 04d102687
Classification Filing Number: 230.1; D; 3KC 2b; *a&d.r
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 04:19:51

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1587 x 2597
File Size: 548 KB
Record: 966857
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-966857/04d102687

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 966857. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-966857/04d102687. June 13, 2024.