ASTARTE/ISHTAR ■ ANCIENT SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA VOTIVE GODDESS ■ 3500 YRS OLD

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ASTARTE/ISHTAR ■ ANCIENT SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA VOTIVE GODDESS ■ 3500 YRS OLD:
$235.00

SHAUSHUKA/ISHTAR/ASTARTE/APHRODITE- KNOWN BY MANY NAMES OVER THE MILLENIA, SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF LOVE, MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY! THIS GENUINE TERRA COTTA SYRO-HITTITE VOTIVE FERTILITY FIGURINE OF THE MOTHER GODDESS WAS TYPICALLY PRAYED TO AND OFTEN BURIED UNDER THE SUPPLICANT\'S HOME TO ENSURE FECUNDITY FOR THE INHABITANT(S) OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
PROVENANCE: THIS WAS PURCHASED BY ME ABOUT 1988 FROM SKINNER sales IN THEIR ANTIQUITIES sale. THIS WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF LOTS WHICH HAD BEEN DE-ACCESSIONED FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE AMHERST COLLEGE MUSEUM. GUARANTEED GENUINE AND LEGAL- NOT ILLEGALLY IMPORTED SINCE THE GULF WAR AND ISIS/SYRIAN CONFLICT.
THE ANCIENT HITTITES ARE MENTIONED OFTEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS BEING GREAT ENEMIES OF THE HEBREWS. STATUES LIKE THIS WERE USED TO VENERATE THE GODDESS AND TO PRAY FOR HER HELP IN GRANTING THE SUPPLICANT SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING. GUARANTEED GENUINE AND LEGAL- NOT ILLEGALLY IMPORTED SINCE THE GULF WAR AND ISIS/SYRIAN CONFLICT.