Goddess Astarte Votive Plaque

Illustration

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 06 September 2017
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Goddess Astarte Votive Plaque

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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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 06). Goddess Astarte Votive Plaque. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7204/goddess-astarte-votive-plaque/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Goddess Astarte Votive Plaque." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 06, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7204/goddess-astarte-votive-plaque/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Goddess Astarte Votive Plaque." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Sep 2017. Web. 25 Oct 2021.