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Code
Ar/Ab.AbSF16.01.L.01
Coded on
2016-08-07
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Indeterminate
Remarks

This idol or phallus carving was found on the Aragatsi Berd antenna access road, having eroded out of the cut. It consists of 3 asymmetrical sections, each narrower than the one that precedes it, from bottom to top (tapers). These sections were created through the grinding of circumferential, lateral grooves, which average 1.5 cm in width. The "front" and "back" are wider than the sides, and while one side is generally carved flat, the other is rounded. The topmost section has been carved to a more acute taper, and the carving that created that taper continues a but down the "front." Exceeds 400 g in weight... by a lot!!

Lithic Details
Form
Idol
Material
Tuff
Color
Orangish Red
Retouched?
No
Modifications
two lateral grooves
Length
53.2mm
Width
35.5mm
Breadth
23.0mm