The Sculpture of the Lover

In 19 33, the great french archaeologist, abbe aribra, visited a small museum in beth Bethlehem. He was shown a wooden casket containing various items from the surrounding areas. Of which none, apart from this statuette, was of any value. The sculpture had been found with objects which made it clear that the cave had been a dwelling rather than a grave. And so our sculpture must have played some kind of role in domestic everyday life. We don't know exactly what that role might have been, but we do know that this dwelling belonged to people who were living at the dawn of agriculture.