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    Posted: 19-Mar-2006 at 01:34

One  can tell a culture by the head dresses or crowns that are worn by ancient kings and queens from the Egyptians to the American chief indian.

Does anyone know what the lady of Elx `s headress represents?

 

 
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Hi docyabut,

Umm, it's Princess Laya the funerary urn receptical? Dead people get all up and in that. Or does it mean something more to you perhaps?





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Its  most likey a funerary urn , however what  does the head dress represent?

 

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The bust is usually thought to represent a woman wearing a very complex headdress and big coils on each side of the face. A minority interpretation sees it representing a man. The aperture in the rear of the sculpture indicates it may have been used as a funerary urn.

Where do they get it was man?
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The statues of the seated Lady of Baza and the Bicha de Balazote are exhibited in the same room of a museum. 

 The lady of Basa is said to be celtic , however I don`t see the same excact comparison.

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The impassive seated female figure of polychromed limestone is richly dressed and adorned with ear ornaments.
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It is an interesting question but in the end what does it matter if it were male or female?

Does it significantly change some line of reasoning or are you just wondering?

Maybe those wheels represent some life cycle or something. or ancient headphones to hear the dead...













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