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Nude female figure

Creator Name

Unknown

Cultural Context

Jewish

Date

Creation: 8th century BCE, 7th century BCE

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Sculpture

Work details

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Title

Nude female figure

Creator

Unknown (link to bio)

Worktype

Sculpture

Cultural Context

Jewish

Israelite

Material

Ceramic

Dimensions

7 1/4 × 3 7/16 × 2 5/8 in. (18.4 × 8.8 × 6.7 cm);
depth: 6.7centimetre;
height: 18.4centimetre;
width: 8.8centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

Creation: 8th century BCE, 7th century BCE

ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Provenance

Gift of Harris D. and H. Dunscombe Colt, 1934

Style Period

Iron Age II

Rights

Public Domain

Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

Lachish (modern Tell ed-Duweir), Levant

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Figure, Woman, Nude, Fertility, Deity

Female Nudes

Topic

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Curationist Contributors

Amanda Acosta

Related Content

Part of: Female Fertility Figurines In the Ancient Mediterranean

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Unknown, Nude female figure, ca. 8th–7th century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archaeologists think people of the time associated figurines like this with the goddess Asherah, a Semitic goddess from the Levant. Public Domain.

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