Pendant Frame of Goddess on Horseback

15th-13th century BCE

3.7 cm 4.5 cm 0.5 cm

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Only the base plate and frame of this pendant survive. Traces of white and light-blue inlays provide clues to its original appearance. The figure represents the Near Eastern goddess of war and love, known as Ishtar in Mesopotamia and Astarte in Syria and Egypt. The goddess wea...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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