
Late Bronze Age II
Astarte Figure
Terracotta figurine of the astarte type, black slip eyebrows, around neck and pubic region, hands holding stomach area.
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1550 - 1200 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
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