A priestess, goddesses, and a tree shrine

woman in skirt holds out upended branch, her left arm is itself a leafy branch

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.

abstract dancing woman with two pairs of wings and raised circular boss in center

Four-winged goddess of Phoenician inspiration, with flower center. One of three bronzes from Berrueco, Spain

lotus-topped goddess: drawing

Hathor-headed goddess (note cow ears) with lotus crown and holding lotus, from a cauldron at Cástulo, Jaen.

tree surrounded by temple pillars and archway, flanked by birds

 

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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