The Many Faces of the Goddess: The Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah C. 1500-1000 Bce

by Izak Cornelius

There are a multitude of female figures represented in the art of the ancient Near East and it has often been proved difficult to differentiate them. This study presents a collection of visual source material on godesses from Egypt, Ugarit, Syria and Palestine from c,1500 to 1000 BC. An introduction to the subject and previous research precedes a discussion of iconographic types (armed, seated, standing, equestrian and named women holding objects)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3727814853
• ISBN13: 9783727814853
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 207 Pages