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Text, Astarte Plaques from Alalakh

European Museums, The British Museum

Such plaques were probably intended as votive offerings and may depict a nude votaress. They are more usually regarded, however, as representing the goddess Astarte (6) and (7) Terracotta from Level V (1570 - 1500 B.C.) WA 126080, 130061 (8) Pale blue glass from Level VI (1650 - 1570 B.C.) WA 130076

Astarte Plaques from Alalakh
Genre:  1570 - 1500 B.C.

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Astarte Plaques from Alalakh, naked female breast


Astarte Plaques from Alalakh, naked female breast

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