
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 26cm
Description
statuette of Astarte standing on an ingot; Cyprus' fertility goddess becomes linked with the mining of copper - here she stands on a copper ingot shaped like the hide of an ox for easy shipping
Image Details
Date
Late Bronze Age(Late Cypriot)
Accession Number
AN1971.888
Material
copper alloy
image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford