POT WITH DOUBLE FACE

Biatorbágy-Tyúkberek

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A typical object from the end of the Middle Neolithic and the beginning of the late Neolithic is the pot with a face. Parallels can be found in a wide range from Anatolia to the Carpathian basin (till the first half of the Danube). The beauty of the pot is given by its careful modelling and its decoration that is mostly painted and nicely carried out. The face that appears on the neck of the pot implies the existence of a god or goddess. Researchers are of uniform opinion that the object, which may have been used for storing seeds for the coming year, was made for cultic reasons.

Literature

M. Virág, Zsuzsanna: Neuere anthropomorphe Darstellungen der Linienbandkeramik aus der Umgebung von Budapest. In: The Late Neolithic of the Middle Danube Region. International Symposium. June 1997, Timişoara, Romania. Timişoara 1998.