The Fat Lady of Saliagos (also known as The Naked Lady of Saliagos) is a marble figure from the Aegean Neolithic period from Saliagos between Paros and Antiparos.
The figure dates from about 5000 to 4000BCE and is the oldest known Cycladean statue. The figure is missing its head and left shoulder.
It was found during the excavations of Saliagos in 1964/65 by John Davies Evans and Colin Renfrew.[1][2]
The Fat Lady currently resides in the Archaeological Museum of Paros.
References
edit- ^ J.D. Evans and C. Renfrew, Excavations at Saliagos near Antiparos, British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1968.
- ^ E. H. Cline (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, ISBN 9780199873609, Jan. 2012.