ANTIQUITY: Astarte Figure, Ancient Near East, Syria, c.

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A terracotta female fertility figure with bird-like facial features including large round eyes and a pointed beak-like nose, hands placed over her chest

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A finely preserved example of a hand-built pottery figure depicting Astarte, an ancient goddess known throughout the Ne

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 2750 to 1900 BCE. A finely preserved pottery idol figure of an intriguing form depicting the mother goddess Astarte. She stands with slender legs a

A Tell Halaf Terracotta Mother Goddess Figure, Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) and northern Syria, Tell Halaf culture. A wonderful, hand-built pottery fertility figure seated upon bent le

Ancient Near East, The Levant, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A rare double-headed example of a hand-built pottery figure depicting Astarte, the ancient goddess associated with war, fertility, and sexuality;

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Syria, Syrian Provincial, ca. 2500 to 2200 BCE. A cylindrical stamp seal bead carved from dark gray hardstone with an incised program bearing anthropom

Ancient Near East, Syria, Syro-Hittite, 2750 BCE to 1900 BCE. An expressive Syro-Hittite pillar figurine with abstract human features and form. Pillar figurines are a form of statuary made in tribute

**Originally Listed At $500** Ancient Near East, Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, Bronze Age, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A fine trio of ancient metal figures: a bronze pendant in the form of an ithyphallic m

Ancient Near East, Syria-Levant, ca. 1700 to 1600 BCE. A solid bronze figure, perhaps representing Shamash, the Near Eastern sun god, seated and holding both hands out, the right hand forming a fist w

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing idol of abstract form, hand-built from pottery, with a columnar body and a slightly flared base. The slender figure ho

Originally listed at $1,000... Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess s

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess standing atop fused columnar leg

Ancient Near East, Indus Valley, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a small pottery figure in the form of Astarte (Ishtar), the chiefo female goddess of the ancient Near East. She wears a necklace, with emphasized

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely upper half of a press-molded clay plaque displaying a standing relief figure, probably representing Astarte (

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A lovely press-molded plaque displaying a standing depiction of the goddess Astarte (also known as Ishtar) in relief. She holds her han

From the ancient Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. This is an authentic carved stone figure with flat body surmounted by two well defined incised eyes. T

Ancient Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. An intriguing, abstract terracotta figure with a broad, annular base, a conical body and an equally sized, flar

Ancient Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. An abstract pottery figure with a conical body and an equally sized large, flaring pair of round, open discs th

**Originally Listed At $800** Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. A petite yet striking figure, hand carved and string cut from a thin, flat plank

Ancient Near East, Babylonian, 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely press-molded clay plaque displaying a full-length standing figure of the enchanting Astarte (also known as Ashtoreth and Ishtar in parts of