Terra cotta Ashtoreth pillar figurine. Israel, Iron Age II, 1000-586 BC. Standing pillar figure with arms beneath large breasts. Pinched bird-like face. Height: 12.5cm. Repaired and restored, but mostly original. Cf. A. Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000-586 BCE (1990), pp. 501-502.
From the Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.