IsX003
Israelite terracotta bust of the fertility goddess Astarte.
Iron Age II: 1000-586 BC.
Height: 9.92 cm. (4 in.)
missing the pillar lower part, otherwise complete.
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The Astarte bust with molded head and upper modeled body with large breast. The head with broad face with large almond shaped eyes, long nose and wide mouth with thick lips with raised tips. The hairstyle, influenced by the Egyptian style, with thick curly hair.
Terracotta figurines of Astarte (Ashtoret), were prominent in daily Israelite religious practice, and were worshiped probably by women. They have been excavated in Judean sites, particularly in Jerusalem, from where the finest examples come, dating mostly to the eighth and seventh centuries BCE.
Cf. Mazar, A., 1992, ill. 11.25, p. 501-502.
Keel O., Schroer S., 2004, p.189.
Mazar, A., 1990
Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10,000 - 586 B. C. E., The Anchor Bible Reference Library, New York, 1990
Keel O., Schroer S., 2004
Keel O., Schroer S., Eva – Mutter alles Lebendigen. Frauen – und Gottinnenidole aus dem Alten Orient, Academic Press Fribourg Schweiz, 2004
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