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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2019
This volume has shown that figurines have an immense and particular power to inform upon the social imaginary of Hellenistic Babylonia. The vast numbers of figurines indicate that these objects experienced an enormous popularity, circulating throughout and penetrating the social landscape. The rich variety of figurines attests to their experimental and responsive nature. They do not represent a stagnant tradition unthinkingly copied, but rather formed an expressive toolkit for exploring, representing, and influencing the world around them. In the techniques used to create them, the kinds of bodies and identities that were depicted, and the choices of style and motif that determined their appearance and tactility, these figurines gave material form to the social conversations of which they were a part. Reflective of those community dialogues, the figurines also shaped their future trajectories.
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