Phoenician Votive FigureCirca: 600 BC to 500 BCDimensions: 15″ (38.1cm) highMedium: Terracotta

Phoenician Votive Figure

Circa: 600 BC to 500 BC

Dimensions: 15″ (38.1cm) high

Medium: Terracotta

Origin: Lebanon

This outstandingly beautiful and well-preserved ceramic sculpture is a votive figure from the middle of the first millennium BC, and represents a Phoenician deity. It depicts a goddess standing on an integral base, which bears an offerings bowl (partly obscured by calcareous concretions), her right hand raised and her left hand at her throat. However, it is the quality of the artistry and the almost miraculous preservation which makes this sculpture so remarkable, for most of the details that can be seen here have been eroded in other examples. The face is exceptional, carved with a serene expression and a half smile, with lidded eyes, a long nose and rounded cheeks.

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