Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
A Canaanite Bronze Figure of a God, Middle Bronze Age II, circa 1900-1550 B.C.
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December 8, 04:30 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
A Canaanite Bronze Figure of a God
Middle Bronze Age II, circa 1900-1550 B.C.
probably a warrior deity, perhaps Baal or Reshef, standing with his fragmentary arms raised, lower legs missing, and wearing a short kilt with wide belt and tall headdress with feathers, his face with large hollowed-out eyes probably once inlaid, and prominent high-arched eyebrows.
Height 15.8 cm.
Francois de Ricqlès, Hotel Drouot, Paris, September, 1997
Compare O. Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal. An Archaeological Study of Ancient Syro-Palestinian Figurines, Tel Aviv, 1976, fig. 14, p.8, nos. 54 and 56; also see pl. 26, no. 1388.
A similar figure was found in Megiddo-Stratum XI (MB IIb).