Figure of a seated goddess

Canaanite

ca. 14th–13th century BCE

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Title: Figure of a seated goddess
Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Geography: Syria-Levant
Culture: Canaanite
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 11 × 2 1/16 × 2 13/16 in. (28 × 5.3 × 7.1 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2003
Object Number: 2003.294
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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