Ancient Eastern Mediterranean / Western Anatolia, Phoenicia, ca. 6th to 2nd century BCE. A lovely, mold-made terracotta votive figurine representing Tanit, the Phoenician goddess invoked for fertility, rain in times of drought, and worshipped as a sky goddess who ruled over the celestial realm. Holding a baby in one arm, the goddess is draped in a lengthy, hooded robe that cascades down her slender body as she stands atop an integral pedestal. This Tanit may have spent some time in the ocean, perhaps as part of a shipwreck, evidenced by white calcified marine encrustations across her exterior and hollow interior! Size: 1.7" W x 6.8" H (4.3 cm x 17.3 cm)

Provenance: private Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired from an antique dealer in York, England in the late 1980s

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Expected surface wear with abrasions and loss of detail, but otherwise intact with rich earthen and sea deposits throughout.