Marble lower body of an idol
Sardinian idols from the Ozieri culture can be broadly categorized into two distinct groups: the so-called cruciform or full plaque type and the perforated plaque type (see Sarti and Martini, 86-87) .
According to J. Thimme one must assume that such Sardinian idols would have been based on Cycladic models, given the closeness in style and shape. While previous scholarship highlighted the affinities between Cycladic and Sardinian idols and suggested an Aegean influence over Sardinian production, Sarti and Martini (op. cit., p. 89) note that this theory is now seen as obsolete, as corroborated by the chronological gap between the two cultures.
Period
Aeneolithic, Ozieri culture, late 4th Millenium B.C.
Dimension
H.
9.1 cm (3 37⁄64 in)
Coins and Antiquities, London, 1981
Private collection Switzerland, from the above
