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Lady of Cerro de los Santos (Dama del Cerro de los Santos), also known as Gran Dama Oferente, is an Iberian sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, that is now in National Archaeological Museum in
Lady of Cerro de los Santos (Dama del Cerro de los Santos), also known as Gran Dama Oferente, is an Iberian sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, that is now in National Archaeological Museum in Madrid
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This limestone sculpture depicts a full-length standing female figure 1.3 metres high. It was found in 1870 in the sanctuary of Cerro de los Santos in Montealegre del Castillo
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in Albacete
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province, Spain
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The statue is sometimes called the Gran Dama Oferente because she is holding a container in her two hands and appears to be offering it. She is richly clad in three overlapping robes clasped with a fibula
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, or brooch, at the neck. Braided hair falls past her three necklaces. She is wearing fitted shoes. A ''rodete'' or wheel headgear appears on one side of her hair; if there was a similar one on the other side, it has been broken off. Like another contemporary Phoenicia
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n-influenced Iberian female sculpture, the Lady of Baza, her drapery falls in a zigzag pattern.
See also
*Carthaginian Iberia
The Carthaginian presence in Iberia is long and has been influential on the region.
Background
The Phoenicians were a people from the eastern Mediterranean who were mainly traders from the cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos. They established ...
* Lady of Elche
The ''Lady of Elche'' (in Spanish, ''Dama de Elche'' in Valencian, ''Dama d'Elx'') is a limestone bust that was discovered in 1897, at ''La Alcudia'', an archaeological site on a private estate two kilometers south of Elche, Spain. It is curren ...
* Iberian sculpture
Iberian sculpture, a subset of Iberian art, describes the various sculptural styles developed by the Iberians from the Bronze Age up to the Roman conquest. For this reason it is sometimes described as Pre-Roman Iberian sculpture.
Almost all ex ...
References
*''Spain: A History'', by Raymond Carr * F. Gómez, (1982): "Una réplica en barro de la Dama del Cerro de los Santos" in ''Homenaje a C. Fernández Chicarro''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dama Del Cerro De Los Santos 2nd-century BC sculptures Archaeological discoveries in Spain Iberian art Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid Sculptures of women Sculptures in Madrid Lady of Cerro de los Santos