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The sleeping lady, an exquisite small votive figure found in the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, is one of the archetypes of the temple period.

Reproduction of a heroically (wrong term, we know) proportioned figure at Tarxien temple
	Original in the museum
The Maltese temple culture is prehistoric. In most cases, there was little or no "archaeology." Typically, the "discovers" of a site plundered and blundered, and little was left in context for meaningful interpretation. Until the 1990s, the many rotund figures typical of the period were called the "fat ladies." Except in obvious cases, there is now a question as to their gender.
	A group favorite, of course (Here is a link to an animated view of all sides, on the Megalithic Temples of Malta site)

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