Cross shaped terracotta, phallic figure, pre-Christian cross

Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Turkey

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Cross-shaped phalli with face and feet, with a small cross on its chest.

Cross-shaped steatite figurine, Paphos Distric, Chalcolithic Age (Nicosia/Cyprus Museum)

Prototypes of new forms in pottery appearing: "bright red", "red slip", "red on white", "combed", "red and black", "plain white" vessels

Influences from Anatolia (Tarsus), Syria and Palestine observed these vessels

Abundant number of cross shaped terracotta and soft stone idols, probably representing the mother goddess

Besides graves dug into earth or cut into rock, bottle shaped graves sunken deep

The dead buried under a heap of stones or earth in a contracted position (hocker)

Among the burial gifts terracotta vessels

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Cross-shaped phalli with face, feet, and a small cross on its chest

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Source:  Istanbul, Turkey