nude woman holding bird with large bowl atop her head

Bronze censer in the form
of a woman holding a dove.
La Quéjola, circa 500 bce.

 

long narrow sculpture of a woman envelopd in a mantle, wearing a pendant and headdress

Bronze praying woman
offered at el Santuario de
Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Murcia

Offerings of the Devotees

clay figurine of naked woman with slightly outstretched arms and robust physique

Ceramic woman offered at
Collado de los Jardines

bronze woman with cinched belt holding bird in left hand

Woman with bird.
Collado de los Jardines.

long narrow bronze woman with large veiled head and body only abstract folds of veil, no arms or legs shown

Provenance unknown.
Bronze, 9 cm.

woman with cinched belt and narrow skirt holding offering in left hand

Bare-headed woman with offering in left hand.
Collado de los Jardines.

 

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front and back of coin, goddess and pegasus

Iberian drachma with winged horse on reverse, a goddess wearing grain crown surrouned by swimming dolphins on obverse. Spain, circa 200 bce.

 

woman with braids and small round offerings in each hand

Collado de los Jardines.
10 cm.

rough abstract little head and shoulders, mostly eyes

Minimalist clay head from La Serreta.

 

goddess coin with flying horse on reverse

Another silver Iberian drachma with
goddess, dolpins, and Pegasus.
From Emporium, circa 225 bce.

 

 

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