This is baked clay votive plaque of a nude woman in low relief, most likely the goddess Astarte. Her Egyptian style wig was painted black. She puts her hands at her breasts. The hole at the top is for suspension. This is a development of the Late Bronze Age Canaanite type. Phoenician or Cypro-Archaic, 6th century BCE. From Grave 11 at Tharros, Sardinia, modern-day Italy. (The British Museum, London)
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