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Female Votive Figurine of Anat

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

Artist: Anonymous (Syrian)
Created: early 2nd millennium BC
Medium: bronze
Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. (19.5 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm)

Technique: solid cast

Culture: Canaanite

Period: Middle Bronze Age (MB I/II A)

Country: Syria

Style: Canaanite

Provenance: James Bomford Collection, Wiltshire, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown] ; Walters Art Museum, 1972, by purchase.

Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. and A. P. Fund, 1972
Accession No. 54.2487