Lady of Çatalhöyük

Though many figurines have been found at Çatalhöyük, most are of clay, roughly made, and were discarded in refuse areas. There are a few exceptions that are finely made, such as the so-called ‘Mother Goddess’, which is now on display in the Ankara Museum of Civilisation. But almost all of the figurines are broken – including the Ankara exhibit, whose head is missing. And though rare examples of stone figurines have been recovered at Çatalhöyük, typically from Level VI and above, again most are broken. The Neolithic marble figurine of a woman, with a piece of obsidian to her left, uncovered during the excavations at Çatalhöyük in 2016. This latest find, therefore, is hu