Philistine Female Figure from Ashdod
12th Century BCE
In this picture, a schematic figurine of a woman whose body merges with her throne is nicknamed “Ashdoda,” after the Philistine city of Ashdod, the city in which it was found. It dates back to the 12th Century BCE.It seems to have been inspired by figurines of seated women from Greece. In some of them, the woman is shown holding a child, thus probably representing a mother goddess.
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This schematic figurine of a woman whose body merges with her throne is nicknamed “Ashdoda,” after the Philistine city of Ashdod, the city in which it was found.
It seems to have been inspired by figurines of seated women from Greece. In some of them, the woman is shown holding a child. Thus, they may represent a mother goddess.
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