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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Female Votary Possibly the Goddess Astarte, 600 BCE - 500 CE

Female Votary Possibly the Goddess Astarte, 600 BCE - 500 CE

Bronze
FZ.060
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It is difficult to say whether this votive represents a woman praying to a fertility goddess or the deity herself. She is rendered with the barest details--it is her eyes...
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It is difficult to say whether this votive represents a woman praying to a fertility goddess or the deity herself. She is rendered with the barest details--it is her eyes and hands that focus our attention--yet she conveys powerful emotions. We sense that we are in the presence of a religion that was already ancient when this statue was formed.
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