sculpture | British Museum

Sculpture of embracing lovers presented in low relief on a calcite cobble. The couple are shown face to face, one embracing the other who is sitting in his lap by the shoulders. The heads are separated by a groove in the outline of the stone. Although no facial features are shown, the lips are evidently touching. The arms of one figure bend up at the elbows, embracing the opposite figure with the wrists touching just below its shoulders.The knees of this figure are bent upwards so that the buttocks and area of undepicted feet form the base of the sculpture. The buttocks of the embraced figure are indicated above the feet of the other and the knees are raised so that the lower legs extend around the waist suggesting genital contact. In profi

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