Bicha de Balazote sculpture
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Bicha de Balazote sculpture is an ancient Iberian stone statue depicting a mythological creature with a human head and a bull’s body, renowned as a key example of pre-Roman art in the Iberian Peninsula.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bicha de Balazote | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Iberian sculpture
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archaeological artifact ⓘ sculpture ⓘ stone statue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bicha de Balazote sculpture
NERFINISHED
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Bicha de Balazote statue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalImportance | important example of Iberian zoomorphic sculpture ⓘ |
| artStyle | pre-Roman Iberian art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iberian religion
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funerary context ⓘ |
| chronology |
5th century BCE
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6th century BCE ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| culture | Iberian ⓘ |
| currentCity | Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
human-headed bull
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mythological creature ⓘ |
| discoveredNear | Balazote, Albacete, Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
religious sculpture
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votive sculpture ⓘ |
| hasBodyOf | bull ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
carved anatomical details
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frontal human head ⓘ reclining bull body ⓘ stylized hair and beard ⓘ |
| hasHeadOf | human ⓘ |
| iconographicType | human-headed bull ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek art
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Near Eastern art NERFINISHED ⓘ Orientalizing period motifs ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Castile-La Mancha
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Province of Albacete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madeOf | limestone ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| museumCollection | National Archaeological Museum of Spain collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Iberian period ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery | Balazote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleFunction |
funerary monument
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protective figure ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| significance | key example of pre-Roman art in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mythological being
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possible chthonic deity ⓘ |
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