A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte with disc coiffure with a knot back

A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte

with disc coiffure with a knot back, wearing earrings, with slit disc eyes and a beak like nose,

2.5cm high,

and a terracotta head of Tanit, 4cm high. (2)

Provenance

Astarte head - By repute from the site of a dam building on the Syrian/Turkish border on the Euphrates.

George and Florangel Lambor collection.