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Figurine of a goddess
Near Eastern, Anatolian
Early Bronze Age
2500–2300 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Silver and gold
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of James Bishop Peabody
Accession Number1979.782
CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette made of cold hammered silver with gold inlays in the eyes, ears and breasts, and gold leaf boots. It represents a female figure standing and holding her breasts, probably the great Anatolian mother goddess.
Provenance1979, year-end gift of an anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 16, 1980)