c. 2nd Millennium BC

A highly stylized Syro-Hittite bird-headed goddess stands with both feet together, the arms are conical and point outwards. The eyes are bellybutton are delineated with applied and pierced pellets. She also wears a necklace of applied clay while the rest of the decoration is incised.

In original condition.

14.5 x 5.7 cm (5 x 1.96 inches)

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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.