A SYRIAN BRONZE GODDESS
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IIA, CIRCA 1950-1750 B.C.
A SYRIAN BRONZE GODDESS MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IIA, CIRCA 1950-1750 B.C. Flat cast, depicted nude but for a twisted belt low on her wide hips, bejewelled in double bracelets and a collar necklace, standing with straight tapering legs, her feet projecting forward, her genitalia defined by a raised oval, with rounded sloping shoulders and curving arms, her hands resting on her abdomen, her waist thin, her breasts conical, her broad face with raised circular eyes, a conical projection at the top of her head with twisted plaits of hair on either side along the upper edge, her triangular brow descending below and merging with the bridge of her large beaked nose, her mouth horizontal, with perforations on either side for attachment of now-missing earrings 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
A SYRIAN BRONZE GODDESS
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IIA, CIRCA 1950-1750 B.C.
A SYRIAN BRONZE GODDESS MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IIA, CIRCA 1950-1750 B.C. Flat cast, depicted nude but for a twisted belt low on her wide hips, bejewelled in double bracelets and a collar necklace, standing with straight tapering legs, her feet projecting forward, her genitalia defined by a raised oval, with rounded sloping shoulders and curving arms, her hands resting on her abdomen, her waist thin, her breasts conical, her broad face with raised circular eyes, a conical projection at the top of her head with twisted plaits of hair on either side along the upper edge, her triangular brow descending below and merging with the bridge of her large beaked nose, her mouth horizontal, with perforations on either side for attachment of now-missing earrings 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
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