A Syro-Hittitie terracotta figure of Astarte standing with an elaborate coiffure

A Syro-Hittitie terracotta figure of Astarte

standing with an elaborate coiffure, disc eyes and pointed nose, wearing a triple necklace and with hands under her flat breasts, tapering to a domed base,

16cm high, on a perspex stand. (2)

Provenance

By repute from the site of a dam building on the Syrian/Turkish border on the Euphrates.

George and Florangel Lambor collection.