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LOT 0857
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (38 grams, 65 mm).
Modelled in the round with pinched facial details and open arms, possibly depicting goddess Asherah. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
Asherah was one of the three great goddesses of the Canaanite pantheon and her primary role was that of mother goddess.
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