Female Votive Figurine of Anat

Syrianearly 2nd millennium BC (Middle Bronze Age (MB I/II A))

This solid cast bronze figurine served as votive offering and is surely Anat, a fertility goddess who is the sister and consort of Baal.

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Title: Female Votive Figurine of Anat
Creator Nationality: Syrian
Date Created: early 2nd millennium BC (Middle Bronze Age (MB I/II A))
Physical Dimensions: w5.9 x h19.5 x d3.25 cm
Type: figurines;votive images
Rights: Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1972, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
External Link: The Walters Art Museum
Medium: bronze
Provenance: James Bomford Collection, Wiltshire, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown] ; Walters Art Museum, 1972, by purchase.
Place of Discovery: Levantine (in present-day Syria)
ExhibitionHistory: Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001
Artist: Syrian

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