Goddess on the Throne

Goddess on the Throne / Богиња на Трону|Boginja na tronu is a terracotta figurine found at the site of spinning mill Tjerrtorja near Pristina, Kosovo, in 1956. The archaeological work of the Belgrade National Museum was led by the curator Radoslav Galović. The genderless seated terracotta figure is a well-preserved specimen of small Neolithic plastic Vinca culture (18.5 cm high), dated four millennia before Christ in the Vinča culture in Kosovo (also known as Turda culture or Turda-Vinča culture).^[1]

The figurine represents a female deity, reflecting the cult of the great mother idol. It is pereserved in the Museum of Pristina. The Kosovo Museum has adopted the image of the 'Goddess on the Throne' as distinctive institution’s logo. Furthermore, as it is one of the most precious archaeological artifacts of Kosovo, it has been adopted as the symbol of Pristina.^[2]

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