2nd millennium BC. A carved and polished marble idol modelled in the round as a stylised nude female figure, angled, heart-shaped face, slender neck and hour-glass waist, drum-shaped headdress engraved with X-motifs, large circular eyes, hands clasped to the chest creating loops between the arms and body, concentric circular motifs to the upper torso and knees; mounted on a ctom-made display stand. 125 grams total, 14.2cm high including stand (5 1/2"). Walter Steinberg collection, London, UK, 1980s. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.