ASOR   /     Reduced to Her Bare Essentials: Bronze Age Piriform Pendants in the Levant

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This article considers the symbolic meanings of the face, breasts, vulva, and branch images which typify the schematic piriform pendants which first emerged in Tell el-‘Ajjul in the Late Bronze Age and spread through the Levant. In contrast to the usual hypotheses regarding fertility, I suggest that each of these elements refer to the Egyptian goddess Hathor as aspects of her attributes and powers in the Levant under Egyptian domination.

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This article considers the symbolic meanings of t…
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2016-10-20 14:56
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