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Crown with Goddesses and Ibexes
Phoenician10th-9th century BC
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This gold crown of nine rectangular plaques in stamped relief depicts fertility goddesses and ibexes.
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Details
- Title: Crown with Goddesses and Ibexes
- Creator Nationality: Phoenician
- Date Created: 10th-9th century BC
- Physical Dimensions: h11.6 cm
- Type: crowns (headdresses)
- Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: gold
- Provenance: Found near Latakiyeh [according to dealer Fahim Kouchakji]; Baurat Adolf Schiller; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague, 1929; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Place of Discovery: Latakia, Syria (?)
- ExhibitionHistory: Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980
- Artist: Phoenician
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