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A HIGHLY STYLIZED SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA ASTARTE FIGURE Catalog:Pottery:Near Eastern: stock #1486558 c. 2nd Millennium B.C. This figure depicts the goddess Astarte and is an excellent example of the “bird-faced” type. The only features present on the face are the beak-like nose and two pellet eyes. The headdress is elaborate and is accentuated by the incised decoration. The figure’s jewelry is depicted by six horizontal pierced lines on the upper chest. In excellent and original condition. 5.1 x 1.9 inches (13 x 5 cm) Worldwide Shipping and Certificate of Authenticity Included in Price Export Approval from the Israel Antiquities Authority ____________________________________________ The goddess of fecundity, Astarte was responsible for the fertility of the land and the people. She is the Semitic equivalent of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. |
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