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The Lady of Elche or Lady of Elx ((スペイン語:Dama de Elche), ; , ) is a polychrome stone bust that was discovered in 1897 at ''L'Alcúdia,'' an archaeological site on a private estate two kilometers south of Elx/Elche, Alicante, Spain. The Lady of Elche is generally known as an Iberian sculpture from the 4th century BC, although the artisanship suggests strong Hellenistic influences.〔Francisco Vives Boix, ''La Dama de Elche en el año 2000 : Análisis tecnológico y artístico'' ().〕 According to ''The Encyclopedia of Religion'', the Lady of Elche (Roman ''Illici''), is believed to have a direct association with Tanit, the goddess of Carthage, who was worshiped by the Punic-Iberians.〔''The Encyclopedia of Religion'', Macmillan Library Ref. USA - Iberian Religion - page 549〕 ==Sculpture== The originally polychrome bust is usually thought to represent a woman wearing a complex headdress and large wheel-like coils (known as ''rodetes'') on each side of the face. The aperture in the rear of the sculpture indicates it may have been used as a funerary urn. The Lady of Guardamar is a closely similar female bust, 50 cm high, also dated circa 400 BCE, that was discovered in fragments in the Phoenician archaeological site of Cabezo Lucero in Guardamar del Segura in Alicante province, Spain, in 1987.〔() Historia Guardamar〕 The Lady of Guardamar has similar wheel-like rodetes and necklaces. While it is a bust, there are proposals that it was part of a seated statue akin to the ''Lady of Baza'' or a standing one like the ''Gran Dama Oferente'' from Cerro de los Santos (Montealegre del Castillo, Albacete). The necklaces with their pendants are similar to those found on the ''Lady of Baza'', discovered about 130 miles to the south west. The three figures and the ''Bicha of Balazote'' are exhibited in the same hall in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady of Elche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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