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Asta rte are armed and wear the atef crown

(→Crown [Egypt]). Since both Anat and A.
I. Int rod uction. West Semitic god- are “smiting goddesses,” the Levantine
dess, →DDD. A. is an elusive figure in the bronze “smiting” figurines may represent
2nd mill. Ugaritic myths (WYATT 1999: both. Only one bronze figurine labeled with
110). Like →Anat, she is a warrior and “Astarte” is known (10 *); it is the only
huntress (NIEHR 1998: 34f; CAT 1.92) and bronze figurine of a goddess with a name
closely related to →Baal by the phrase known thus far.
“Astarte-name-of-Baal” (CAT 1.16 VI 56). Stelae from Egypt with the name of A.
The warrior iconography of A. is com- link her with horses (LECLANT 1960 and
parable to that of the Mesopotamian now CORNELIUS 2008: 40ff). Although her
goddess →Ishtar (COLBOW 1991) with name occurs in various forms (CORNELIUS
whom she is identified, e.g., in the Ugaritic 2008: 81-83), there is no doubt as to the
pantheon lists (NIEHR 1998: 34, 52). reading of and identification with A.
In Egypt A. is connected with war and (WEIPPERT 1997: 25ff). There is also no
→horses. As the daughter of →Ptah she had need to create a new goddess, as is some-
a temple at Memphis and appears in the times done (e.g., STADELMANN 1967: 99).
“Astarte papyrus” (COS 1.23). At Late As with →Resheph, A. is linked with horses
Bronze Emar she plays a dominant role as in Egyptian (CORNELIUS 2008: 43) and
the main goddess and consort of Baal Ugaritic texts (CAT 1.86). Other images of
(FLEMING 1992: 216ff). In the 1st mill. she a woman on horseback on seal-amulets
is the chief goddess of Tyre and the consort (22*) may also be identified with A. and
of Baal. Together with →Eshmun she is not with Anat (contra LIPIŃSKI 1996: 262,
also the patron of Sidon, where she had a who proposed Anat because of the wings).
temple (KAI no. 14: 17-18). The exact Excluded here are items sometimes
relationship with →Tannit of Carthage is connected with riding A., which could also
not clear. One inscription cites A. and represent Resheph (CORNELIUS 1994: 82ff
Tannit of Lebanon (KAI no. 81), another with pls. 24, 26-27:RR35-38; CORNELIUS
mentions A.-Tannit (BONNET 1996: no. E2). 2008: 41). RR37 is uncertain because the
In the Hebrew Bible the name occurs nine reconstruction is not clear: the inscription
times, often in the phrase “Baals and mentions Resheph, but A. could be repre-
Astartes” (e.g., Judg 2:13) to refer sented just as well. RR36 and RR35
negatively to the “Canaanite” deities. The represent either Resheph or A. on horseback
armor of slain king Saul was hung on the and in a chariot, respectively (see in
wall of her temple at Beth-Shean (1 Sam addition also CORNELIUS 2008: 26, Cat 1.6).
31:10). A. was later combined with Anat to RR35 does not show a bearded face (see
become the Phoenician goddess Atargatis now CORNELIUS 2008: fig. 27b).
(→IDD 2); classical authors identified her The name on the Abu Simbel stela (6*)
with Aphrodite. is to be read as “Astarte” and not as Asherah
Only a single cylinder seal is known as proposed by HERRMANN (1999: 93), as
(1*) from Palestine/Israel, which is in- the latter played no role in Egypt.
scribed with her name, while Egypt attests It has been argued (DECKER 1971: 35ff)
ten objects from the New Kingdom with her that in some cases the riding figure is the
name (CORNELIUS 2008: 90). Fragments pharaoh (→King [Egypt]) and not a deity.
from Saqqarah (4 *) are interpreted as However, cases where the name is indicated
showing A. and not Anat. Although the leave no doubt about the identification. In
name “Astarte” appears on the Winchester other cases the atef crown and shield and
stela (→Qu dshu 2*), the iconography is the fact that the figure is female indicate
that of the →Nude goddess holding plants that the king is excluded (14* ; CORNELIUS
and →serpents. Late Bronze Palestinian 2008: pl. 4:1-2, 4).
plaques of a naked woman are often called Two items from Palestine/Israel depict a
“Astarte” plaques (e.g., A LBRIGHT 1939 and naked woman standing (not riding) on
still TUBB 1998: 75). There has been a horseback and holding objects. One, a
recent trend to interpret them as golden foil from Lachish (→Qu dshu 9 *),
representations of Asherah (e.g., DAY 1992: shows the woman holding large lotus
494). However, the type might be identified flowers; while the other, a clay mold from
with →Qud sh u 4*, 1 2-1 4* instead. the Beth-Shean valley (→Qud sh u 8*),
The main problem lies in distinguishing pictures her holding flowers and flanked by
between representations of A. and Anat, two smaller male figures. These items have
since the iconography of the two goddesses been linked with A. (CLAMER 1980;
is very similar in the Late Bronze Age. Both HADLEY 2000: 163; WEIPPERT 1988: 303,
305) because of the horse. However, the

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overall iconography is unlike that of the 1 Sam 31:10 (see above). However, this
armed and aggressive A., despite the identification is highly debatable and the
presence of a horse. The naked figure figure may just as well be that of Anat, who
should be viewed as Qudshu instead. is depicted on another stela from the same
An ivory panel from Ugarit depicting a site, inscribed with her name (→Anat 1 *).
horned and winged goddess suckling two On the stela from Balu˓a it is uncertain
boys (CORNELIUS 2008: 37-39, 115f, Cat whether the woman (CORNELIUS 2008: 35,
3.11) is traditionally identified with Anat 112, Cat 3.3) is A. as the consort of the
because the latter is portrayed as being Moabite god →Chemosh.
winged in the Ugaritic texts. CAT 1.5 II 27 The woman on the stela dedicated by
describes how the new king (→King Yehawmilk (BONNET 1996: 19ff, pl. 2) is
[ANE]) will be suckled by Athirat described as the “Lady of Byblos.” She is
(Asherah) and btlt (which is usually a title more of the →Hathor-Isis type (BONNET
for Anat). However, the identification of btlt 1996: pl. 3:1) than a representation of A.
with Anat is not certain (WYATT 2002: Whether A. has been depicted therio-
209). Recently GREENSTEIN (1998: 110f) morphically is not clear. The dove (→Bird)
proposed a reading of “Astarte” for the is often taken as a symbol of A. This may be
name of Athirat, based on new photographs true of the Greek Aphrodite, but is not
of the text and the fact that the young boys certain as far as A. is concerned (BONNET
represent princes, not gods, who would be 1996: 152f; HELCK 1971: 273). WARD
suckled by the younger generation of (1992: 75) dealt with the →cow-and-calf
goddesses like A. rather than Athirat. motif. Whether this can be linked with A. or
Identification remains problematic. Because Tannit instead is also uncertain. The
A. is connected with the herds of Deut 7:13; →sphinx seems to be connected with A.
28:4, 18 (DELCOR 1974), the goddess more easily, as the latter is linked with
feeding goats on an ivory pyxis from Ugarit sphinx →thrones (GUBEL 1983: 43).
(CORNELIUS 2008: 33f, 110f, Cat 2.7) has Thrones of A. (DELCOR 1983) are known,
been linked with A. (e.g., POPE-RÖLLIG such as a 3rd/2nd cent. example from near
1965: 251). However, Asherah has also Tyre (BONNET 1996: 40f, pl. 5) with two
been considered as a possibility (NIEHR stelae on the back, one showing the
1998: 29). There are also no conclusive worshipper and the other the goddess (?).
reasons to argue (see GESE 1970: 159) that Another comes from the Eshmun temple at
the figure standing on lions on a cylinder Sidon, dated to the 6th-3rd. cent. (PARROT
seal from Ugarit (CORNELIUS 2008: 31, 108, 1975: figs. 109, 116). The fact that A. is
Cat 2.2) and the naked winged figure on a shown as lion-headed on a Ptolemaic Edfu
Hebrew name seal (KEEL/U EHLINGER 1998: relief (CORNELIUS 2008: 43, fig. 32) does
fig. 331a) depict A. not necessarily mean that all images of a
Faience figurines with the atef crown female deity connected to lions should be
(contra H ERRMANN 1994: nos. 151-153) linked with A., as for example done by
could be Anat but could just as likely be A., GRAY (1962). RACHMANI (1959) connected
as both wear the same type of crown. a presumed lion-headed plaque figurine
On cylinder seal 1 * from Bethel, the with A. because of the lion face, but the
name of A. written in hieroglyphs is flanked lioness features are perhaps due to an
by one male and one female figure. accident when the figurine was pulled out of
WEIPPERT (1988: 308), followed by the mold (TADMOR 1982: 157 n. 15) rather
KEEL/UEHLINGER (1998: 87f n. 28, fig. than originally intended.
109), proposed identifying the woman II. Typol ogy
holding the spear with Anat, while the II.1. P henot ype s
written name marks the presence of A. In 1. STANDING 1.1. Armed (1-3) 1.2. Menacing (4)
my opinion this seal should rather be 1.3. Holding a scepter (5-7) 1.4. Blessing (8) 1.5.
Winged (9) 2. SEATED 2.1. Blessing (1 0-1 1) 2.2.
identified as an object devoted to A. Holding a tree (12-13) 3. EQUESTRIAN 3.1. Menacing
(therefore the name), who is depicted (14-1 9) 3.2. Armed (3, 20) 3.2. Unarmed (21-2 2)
visually together with her consort Baal. 1. S TANDING
A horned figure found at Gezer 1.1. Ar me d. Three items depict A.
(CORNELIUS 2008: 36, fig. 23) is sometimes holding weapons. In the case of cylinder 1*
identified as the Ashterot Qarnayim of Gen from Bethel it is a spear (for the
14:5. However, the latter is rather to be identification of the goddess with A. see the
taken as a place name (A STOUR 1992: 491; discussion in § 1). Her male consort in
Ashterot near Qarnayim) and not as juxtaposition holds an identical weapon so
“Astarte of the two Horns.” A stela from that both figures flank an inscription. On a
Beth-Shean (CORNELIUS 2008: 34, 112, Cat damaged stela from Memphis (2) A. holds
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damaged. A relief in the temple at Hibis Hathoric headdress composed of a disc and
dating to the Persian Period (3*) shows A. cow horns, is shown seated on the nb sign
twice with the Egyptian red crown (12*). She is holding a fenestrated battle
(→Crown [Egypt]) and holding weapons: a axe resting on her left shoulder, and holds a
bow, and a bow with arrows and a quiver. tree in the other hand. There are crude
1.2. Menacing. VAN SICELEN (1991) hieroglyphic signs without meaning. Above
reconstructed from fragments figure 4*, her head there is a disc in a crescent. A
wearing an atef crown (→Crown [Egypt]) figure on a sphinx throne also holds a tree
and holding a weapon menacingly (for the and the other hand is in a gesture of blessing
posture see →Resheph § II) above the head. (13). The exact male parallel has been
In the other hand she holds a curved shield identified with →Baalshamem (→Baal-
with a spear; behind the figure a sun shade sha me m # ; NIEHR 2003: 83f, fig. 9).
is depicted, which was a symbol of 3. E QUESTRIAN
protection. The inscribed name of the figure 3.1. Me nacing. Egyptian reliefs,
is reconstructed as reading A. by VAN stelae, and ostraca depict a female figure on
SICELEN (see CORNELIUS 2008: 23, 81). horseback (CORNELIUS 2008: 117-119, Cat
1.3. Ho ldin g a scepter. A woman in 4.1-4.7; for the relationship of A. and the
a long dress is shown together with other horse see § 1). Four of these stelae
Egyptian deities on in situ items at Tura (5) (CORNELIUS 2008: 82) have hieroglyphic
and Abu Simbel (6 *). In the first case she is inscriptions which identify the figure as A.
described as “Astarte foremost of and leave no doubt that the equestrian figure
Memphis.” In their left hands the women is A. The example illustrated here (14*)
respectively hold a was scepter (→Scepter shows her brandishing a weapon mena-
[Egypt]) and a scepter which is more of the cingly above her head while the other hand
pluriform type, and in each right hand the holds a small shield with a spear in front.
Egyptian symbol for life. On a stela in the She is wearing a white crown (→Crown
Louvre (7) the upper part of the object [Egypt]) with a streamer, while her horse’s
which she holds is damaged, but it resem- head is decorated with plumes. A recently
bles a scepter more than a spear. discovered Egyptian stela at Tell el-Borg
1.4. Blessin g. An 8th cent. Phoeni- (Sinai) inscribed with the name of A.
cian bronze figurine (8*) shows a female depicts menacing A. seated on a throne
figure (not male as in MOSCATI 2001: 33) resting on the horse’s back. She wears an
with the headdress of →Hathor. One hand is atef crown with horns and holds a curved
held in a gesture of blessing, the other hand shield together with a spear. On her left is
is empty but may have held a staff (but not a menacing →Resheph with a raised weapon
weapon because of the peaceful gesture). and curved shield (15 *). Another menacing
Because of the gesture of blessing of bronze figure on horseback is depicted on a painted
figurine 10 *, which is dedicated to A., item ostracon (16). The woman is riding astride,
8* is also taken to represent her. waving a bow (?) above the head and
1.5. Wi nged. A scarab from Acco holding the horse by a bridle. The hair is in
(9*) features three anthropomorphic fig- a ponytail (?) and she is wearing a heart
ures. The female figure on the left wears a amulet around the neck. Equestrian female
skirt and has two wings. Because the figure figures to be identified with A. are also
in the center is clearly the Egyptian god shown on seal-amulets, including a cylinder
→Ptah, whose daughter was A., the woman seal (17), a Phoenician cup (18*), and a
is identified accordingly (LIPIŃSKI 1996: scarab (19 *). The woman on 17 is riding
257 proposed →Anat because of the wings). sidesaddle and holds a shield in front, while
2. S EATED those of 19* hold the horse by its neck.
2.1. Blessing. The only female Behind the horse rider there is a sun shade
bronze figurine with the name of A. is 10 *. and some unidentifiable hieroglyphic signs.
It shows a seated (but with the seat 3.2. A r med. On a damaged stela (20)
missing), naked female with long hair, A. is depicted on horseback, pulling her
which is held by a band. The left arm is lost bow and pursuing a fleeing Kushite. In the
but the other hand is in a position of scene there is a winged disc (→Winged disc
blessing. The Phoenician inscription dedi- [Egypt]) above and a sun shade (see 19*)
cates the object to A. (BONNET 1996: 161: behind her. The reins of the horse are
no. O 2). A relief from Tyre (1 1) also depicted over her body. At the temple of
shows a seated figure with a raised hand, Hibis dating to the Persian Period she is
which may depict A. as chief goddess of likewise shown armed on horseback (3*).
Tyre. 3.3. Una rme d. An unarmed figure on
2.2. Holdi ng a tree. On a scarab a horseback is shown on a series of scarabs
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wears an atef crown and the arms are either 2.2. Othe r. Equestrian A. is shown
hanging down along the body (21*) or together with other animals: two →lions, a
transformed into wings (22 *). This figure →caprid, and a →bull (1 7). Cup 18*
was previously connected with winged depicts attacking lions and the rider chasing
→Baal-Seth (CORNELIUS 1994: 209), but antelopes.
following the criticism of LIPIŃSKI (1996: 3. A SSOCIATED WITH HUMAN S
262) this identification is no longer upheld 3.1. Phara oh. A. appears with the
(CORNELIUS 2008: 44). However, identify- Egyptian pharaohs (→King [Egypt])
ing these figures with →Anat merely be- Amenophis II (5 ; 1426-1400); Ramses II
cause of the wings is also not convincing. (1279-1213; 4*, 7, 14 *); Merenptah (2 ;
Because of the clear equestrian iconography 1213-1204); and Siptah (6* ; 1198-1193).
of A., these figures should be identified with 3.2. Ene m y. A. is chasing a Kushite
her. enemy (20); when shown on horseback as a
II.2. A ssociatio ns menacing figure there is a fallen enemy
1. ASSOCIATED WITH DEITIES/DEMONS 1.1. Ptah beneath the horse (19 *).
(2, 5, 9) 1.2. Resheph (3, 9, 15) 1.3. Seth (6-7) 1.4. III. S ource s
Amun-Re (6, 9) 1.5. Other (1, 5- 6) 2. ASSOCIATED
WITH ANIMALS 2.1. Horse (3, 1 4-22) 2.2. Other (17- III.1. Chr onol ogical range. The
18) 3. ASSOCIATED WITH HUMANS 3.1. Pharaoh (2, 4- oldest inscribed item (5) stems from the
7, 1 4) 3.2. Enemy (19-2 0) fourth year of Amenophis II (1426-1400).
1. A S SOCIATED WITH DEITIES However, most representations date to the
1.1. Ptah. A. is associated several 14th-12th cent. (3*, 9*, 1 5*, 19 *-2 0), of
times with →Ptah of Memphis. She may which the majority belong to the 13th cent.
stand behind the shrine in which Ptah is (1*-2, 4*, 6 *-7, 14*, 16, 22*). The
placed (2), face him as “daughter of Ptah” bronze figurines 8* and 10* belong to a
(9*), or be part of a procession of deities smaller group comprising the 8th/7th cent.
led by Ptah (5). (see also 12 *-1 3). Cup 1 8* dates to the
1.2. Resheph. On the Hibis temple 8th-6th, and 11 and 3* extend into the
reliefs (3*) A. is shown in a procession of Persian Period. Representations of A.
Egyptian deities, among them →Resheph continue into the Roman Period (→IDD 2).
holding knives. A scaraboid from Acco (9*) III.2. Geo grap hical d ist ributi on.
depicts Resheph with a tasseled kilt and a Items range from the Sudan (14*) to Spain
quiver in company with Ptah and A. and a (10*). Cylinder seal 1* is from Bethel in
recently discovered stela (15*) from Tell Palestine/Israel. Items 16 (perhaps from
el-Borg represents him with a raised Thebes) and 20 (presumably from Deir el-
weapon and a shield facing equestrian A. Medina) come from Egypt. The temples of
1.3. Set h. Anthropomorphic as well as Hibis (3*) contain a relief and two stelae
theriomorphic, Seth can be associated with are in situ: 5 in the quarries of Tura but
A. In the upper register of stela 7 presumably now lost, and 6* at Abu
theriomorphic Seth is depicted as a reclining Simbel. A Phoenician cup (18*) comes
sphinx; A. is below him. In a procession of from near Byblos and relief 11 from Tyre.
deities on a rock relief from Abu Simbel III.3. Object type s. Depictions of A.
(6*), A. is the last deity in the row with are found on all types of media, from stelae
anthropomorphic Seth striding in front of (2, 4*, 6*- 7, 1 4*- 15*, 20) and reliefs
her. (3*, 5, 1 1) to bronze figurines (8*, 10 *),
1.4. Am un- Re. In anthropomorphic a cup (18*), seal-amulets (9*, 12* -13,
form Amun-Re is depicted in front of the 17, 1 9*, 21 *-2 2*), and even ostraca
procession of deities mentioned in the (16). The blessing figures are executed as
previous paragraph (6*). In the case of 9* bronze figurines (8*, 10*) or on a relief
the ram and disc on the left are understood (11). The unarmed figure on horseback
as representing Amun-Re (with KEEL 1997: (21*-2 2*) never occurs on stelae or
530). ostraca.
1.5. Ot her. Deities less frequently IV. Co nclu sion. The functions of the
associated with A. include her consort, the representations range from A. as warrior
menacing god Baal (1 *), and members of (1*-4*, 14 *-20) to a blessing goddess
processions of deities including →Osiris, (8*, 10 *-1 1, 13). On 12* she appears not
→Sakhmet, →Hathor (5), and →Nut (6*). as an aggressive goddess and the →tree is
more a symbol of life; this is also the case
2. A S SOCIATED WITH ANIMALS with →Baal (→Baal 1* ; CORNELIUS 1994:
2.1. Ho rse . The animal most figs. 31a-b; but cf. in contrast CORNELIUS
frequently associated with A. is the →horse, 1994: fig. 31). As shown by GUBEL (1980:
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A. is often shown with pharaohs (2, 4 *- VI. Selec ted Bi bl iography

BONNET 1996 • CORNELIUS 2008 • WYATT 1999
7, 14*), and like →Anat and Baal was
particularly popular with those of the New Izak Cornelius
Kingdom. However, the ostraca and seal-
amulets show that she was also popular
among the common people (9*, 16 -17,
19*, 21 *-2 2*).
From the source material it can be
ascertained that A. was a goddess linked to
warfare (1* -4*, 14* -20), especially when
on horseback, but also a mistress of the hunt
(17-18 *; →mistress-of-animals). Unfortu-
nately there are not as many clearly
identifiable representations from Iron Age
Palestine/Israel and the whole of the Levant
as one would like due to the lack of
inscribed items.

V. Cata logue
1* Cylinder seal, frit, 26 x 11 mm, Bethel, 1300 (?). Jerusalem,
Rockefeller Museum, 35.4442. *CORNELIUS 2008: 28, 107, Cat
1.10 2 Stela, limestone, Memphis (temple of Ptah), 1213-1204
(Merenptah). LECLANT 1960: 10-13, fig. 1; STEWART 1976: 50,
pl. 41:2; CORNELIUS 2008: 26, 107, Cat 1.8 3* Relief, Kharga
Oasis, Hibis temple, 539-333. In situ. *DAVIES 1953: pl. 3;
CORNELIUS 2008: 29, 43, fig. 10 4* Relief, limestone, total
scene: 24.3 x 12.5 cm (VAN SICELEN 1991: 132), Saqqarah
(tomb of Hetepka), 1279-1213 (Ramses II). VAN SICELEN
1991: 132; *CORNELIUS 2008: 23, 104, Cat 1.1a 5 Stela,
limestone, Tura, 1423 (fourth year of Amenophis II; 1426-
1400). Lost? CORNELIUS 2008: 35, 113, Cat 3.4; PORTER/M OSS
1934-1964: IV 74:2 6* Stela, limestone, Abu Simbel, 1198-
1193 (Siptah). In situ. *CORNELIUS 2008: 35, 113, Cat 3.5;
PORTER/M OSS 1934-1964: VII 99:11 7 Stela (fragment),
limestone, 48.5* x 52.5 x 8.5 cm, 1279-1213 (Ramses II).
VANDIER 1969: 193f, pl. 7b; CORNELIUS 2008: 35, 113f, Cat
3.6 8* Figurine, bronze, 20 x 4.8 cm. 800-700. Paris, Museé
national du Louvre, AO 2701. SEEDEN 1982: 118f, fig. 25;
GUBEL 1987a: 156, no. 127; CORNELIUS 2008: 36, fig. 22 9*
Human-faced scaraboid, black stone, 22 x 16 x 11 mm, Acco,
1400-1150. Wilfried Israel Museum, Hazorea, 174. *KEEL
1997: Akko no. 3; CORNELIUS 2008: 39, 116, Cat 3.12 10*
Figurine, bronze, 16 x width cm, El Carambolo, 800-600.
Sevilla, Museo arquelógico provincial, Inv. no. Amadasi-
Guzzo 1993; *Bonnet 1996: 127ff, 161, pl. 10 11 Relief,
limestone, 38 x 24 cm, Tyre, 600-400. Paris, Louvre Museum,
AO 6970. GUBEL 1987a: 90, no. 6; GUBEL 1987: 104, pl.
18:44; BONNET 1996: 43, pl. 6:1 12* Scarab, jasper, 14.5 x
10.8 x 7.7 mm, 650-600. Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und
Gewerbe, 1964.324. *GUBEL 1980: pl. 1:1; GUBEL 1987: 166,
pl. 34:115 13 Scarab, jasper, 700-600. GUBEL 1983: 44, 46, 52,
fig. 17 14* Stela, sandstone, 28.2* x 47.5* cm, Buhen, 1279-
1213 (Ramses II). Khartoum, Sudan National Museum,
62/8/20. SMITH 1976: 110, pl. 20:1.112; *CORNELIUS 2008: 43,
118, Cat 4.4a 15* Stela, limestone, 35 x 24 x 4.5 cm, Tell el-
Borg, 1400-1300. HOFFMEIER/K ITCHEN 2007: fig. 1a-b;
CORNELIUS 2008: pl. 4:4b 16 Ostracon, limestone, Thebes (?),
1300-1200. LECLANT 1960: 40f, pl. 3A; PRITCHARD 1969: 165,
305, no. 479; BRUNNER-TRAUT 1979: 190, 197, fig. 66a;
CORNELIUS 2008: 42f, 118f, Cat 4.5 17 Cylinder seal, faience,
1400-1300. LECLANT 1960: 64-67, pl. 1B; CORNELIUS 2008:
43, 120, Cat 4.8 18* Cup, lead, 5.9 cm (Ø), found near Byblos,
750-500. Paris, Collection Seyrig. *GUBEL/CAUET 1987: 194,
fig. 1a; BONNET 1996: 29f, pl. 3 19* Scarab, enstatite with
haematite parts, 16.8 x 13.3 x 8.1 mm, 1400-1190. Fribourg,
Collection Keel, ÄS 1986.2. *KEEL/U EHLINGER 1996: 73f, fig.
94e; *KEEL/U EHLINGER 1998: fig. 110; CORNELIUS 2008: 44,
122, Cat 4.19 20 Stela, white limestone, perhaps from Deir el-
Medina, 1400-1390 (Thutmoses IV). TOSI/ROCCATI 1972: 29,
104, 224; CORNELIUS 2008: 43, 118, Cat 4.4 21* Scarab,
steatite, 14 x 10 mm, 1400-1300. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum,
Collection Michaelidis, 840/73. LECLANT 1960: 62f, fig. 31a;
*CORNELIUS 2008: 44, 121, Cat 4.15 22* Hedgehog scaraboid,
steatite, 19 x 13 mm, 1300. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum,
Collection Michaelidis, 1931/73. LECLANT 1960: 62-64, fig.
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