Two of these had
been painted red; one with red ochre and the other with a pigment that is only
found in central Turkey (the "Archaeology
News" section of the November/December 2003 - Archaeology magazine, page
10 according to the website ( http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~patrak01/nazarathman.htm).
It's not known if the
person who moulded the clay was trying to recreate the features of the deceased,
or if he or she were following some idealized death mask form, which was used
for all such burials.
Stein Morten Lund, 28 December
2003
Additional
information
Read more about
the found and other scientific explorations at the website
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~patrak01/nazarathman.htm
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