A small fayence flask, a so-called aryballos, shaped as a hedgehog devouring a beetle. It was found in The Large Deposit in the sanctuary in Lindos, and is
dated to the Archaic period. It might have contained perfume or oil, and was a votive offering for the goddess. The aryballos is 4.6 cm tall and 5.9 cm long.
3D Model based on photogrammetry. The background shows a reconstruction of the Archaic Athana Lindia sanctuary in Lindos on Rhodes. The figurine is published in: C. Blinkenberg 1931. Lindos: Fouilles de l’Acropole 1902-1914 I, Les Petits Objects. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. P. 361 no. 1326.
