The first chapter presents the complexities of miniaturization theory and the book’s intervention within that discourse, which is to challenge the notion that all tiny objects are straightforwardly and equally “intimate.” User desire for sensory engagements necessitated spatial proximity with figurines; yet, rather than invite the user completely into a private miniature world, Hellenistic Babylonian figurines made continual reference to the real-scale world – thus allowing community social mores to permeate private spaces and interactions.