
Tresses of hair attached to the back of the right shoulder and the raised right hand indicate that this statue is a variation known as Aphrodite Rising From the Sea (Aphrodite Anadyomene), depicted arranging her wet hair with her hands after emerging naked from the sea.
From the Israel Museum publications:
Avida, Uri, Aphrodite: A Greek Goddess, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1978
Exhibitions:
Aphrodite: A Greek Goddess, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 28/11/1978 - 31/03/1979
Goddesses, Mediterranean Female Images from Prehistoric Times to the Roman Period, Museu d’Historia de la Ciutat, Barcelona, 2000