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[Note:
This example illustrates CCO creator display option
1 for unknown creators (CCO page 92). In this
example, the "Creator" field is linked to a Name
Authority record for unknown Minoan.]
Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• sculpture • Greek and Roman
art
*Work
Type [link]: •
statue
*Title: Snake
Goddess
*Creator
Display: unknown Minoan
*Role
[link]: artist [link]: unknown
Minoan
*Creation
Date Display: Middle Minoan Palace period,
ca. 1600 BCE [controlled]: •
Earliest: --1630
• Latest:
--1570
*Subjects
[links]: • human figure •
goddess • priestess •
snakes • female • headdress
Style [link]:
Middle Minoan
Culture [link]: Minoan
*Current
Location Display [link]: Heraklion
Museum (Heraklion, Crete, Greece) •
ID: no. 65
Discovery Location
[link]: central sanctuary, Palace (Knossos,
Crete, Greece)
*Measurements:
34.29 cm (height) (13 1/2 inches)
[controlled]: • Value: 34.29
Unit: cm
Type: height
*Materials
and Techniques: terracotta, faience
Material [links]:
• terracotta • faience
Description: The
statue represents a goddess or priestess. Figure
wears a tight Minoan bodice that reveals bare
breasts and a tall tiara with animal (owl or cat)
perched on top; snakes are wrapped around her
waist and arms; mending is apparent on both upper
arms, neck and headdress. There are painted linear
decorations on the apron, skirt, and hem.
Required and recommended elements are marked with an asterisk. |
