A priestess, goddesses, and a tree shrine
Barebreasted priestess asperging water from a branch. Her other arm is itself a branch in leaf. Ring from Santiago de la Espada, Jaen. No date.
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Four-winged goddess of Phoenician inspiration, with flower center. One of three bronzes from Berrueco, Spain
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Hathor-headed goddess (note cow ears) with lotus crown and holding lotus, from a cauldron at Cástulo, Jaen.
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Tree shrine with double pillars and arch, with large birds on each side and branches with heart-shaped leaves descending. Phoenician temples along the eastern coast sometimes had baetyls and tree-trunk pillars (asherim in Canaanite parlance).
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