Made of terracotta, this statue dates back to the early 6th - 5th Century BC, it is Phoenician and represents a veiled Phoenician Goddess, possibly Ashtarte, it is 14.5 inches high, (36.8 cms), it is hollow on the inside, with residual sea encrustation around the surface.
Excavated from Tyre, the Mediterranean ancient Phoencian coastal city. Ex. German private collection.
Status: Available.
Antiquities Ancient Greek
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