A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte

A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte

with disc coiffure with a knot back, wearing earrings, with slit disc eyes and a beak like nose,

2.5cm high,

a Phoenician terracotta figure of Tanit, 11cm high, a terracotta head of Tanit, 4cm high, two Cypriot figures, one female in red clay with an arched headdress, 6.5cm, on a stand, a terracotta torso fragment, 9.5cm high, a Greek terracotta figure of Dementer, sitting on a throne, wearing a polos headdress and holding a bird in her right hand, 8.5cm high and three pottery fragments. (11)

Provenance

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

George and Florangel Lambor Collection.