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Votive statuette of a worshipper
Mother goddess on a base in the shape of a pylon (cf. O.4696). After a storm at sea in the 1960s, several clay figures washed ashore on a beach near the town of Tyr. These finds put amateur deep-sea divers on the trail of one or more shipwrecks loaded with votive statuettes. The art market was subsequently flooded with hundreds of these figurines, depicting men and women in prayer. They are standi…
Contributors
- Phoenician
Subject
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- Figurine
- Collection Near East
- Figurine
Date
- -800/-301
Contributors
- Phoenician
Subject
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- Figurine
- Collection Near East
- Figurine
Date
- -800/-301
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Royal Museums of Art and History
Places
- Geographical Reference > Asia > Near and Middle East
- Geographical Reference > Asia > Near and Middle East > Lebanon > South Lebanon (governorate) > Tyre
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire/91680
- O.04698
- 91680
Extent
- Dimensions H x L x P: 18.5 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Format
- Terra cotta
- Terracotta
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Belgium
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-30T19:11:00.869Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-09-30T13:52:53.718Z