Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Meidad Suchowolski |
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Female figurine
Ashdod Iron Age I, 12th century BCE Pottery H: 17 cm Israel Antiquities Authority Accession number: IAA 1968-1139 |
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This schematic figurine of a woman whose body merges with her throne is nicknamed “Ashdoda,” after Ashdod, the city in which it was found. It seems to have been inspired by figurines of seated women from Greece. In some of them, the woman is shown holding a child. Thus they may represent a mother goddess. Publications: The Israel Museum, Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005 Zalmona, Yigal, ed., The Israel Museum at 40: Masterworks of Beauty and Sanctity, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005 Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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