Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Limestone guardian goddess

Subject

Goddesses--Sri Lanka
Limestone figurines--Jetavanarama Cultural Triangle Museum--Anuradhapura--Sri Lanka

Description

Excavated in 1982 this figure was found immediately outside the southern Vahalkada (gateway) of the Jetavanarama stupa is this fragmentary yet massive limestone figure of a goddess. The image probably belongs to the 3rd century A.D. The lotus head-dress suggests that it is a deity, perhaps a guardian goddess. It is presently housed in the site Museum of the Jetavanarama Cultural Triangle Project at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Archeological Site Museum, Jetavana Vihara, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 3rd century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012

Contributor

Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo

Rights

All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.

Relation

Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

Format

JPEG 2000

Language

eng

Type

image

Identifier

PDWESLSP.S.26

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Limestone guardian goddess," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12523, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12523 (accessed March 26, 2024).

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