拍品專文
Schematic, highly-stylized representations of the human form had a long tradition in the ancient Near East. According to Negbi (Canaanite Gods in Metal, pp. 60-61) flat-cast female figures of this style originated in Syria and seem to represent a fertility goddess, perhaps to be identified with Astarte. The figure presented here is unusually large and perhaps the finest of this group. In style it is closest to Negbi's no. 1503, now in the Louvre.