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88 - Flute player. Phoenicia, ca. late 6th – first half of the 5th century B.C. Reddish-brown terracotta, H 40 cm. A standing, pregnant woman wearing a veil, a floor-length robe, and a belt, blowing into a double flute. The figure stands on an altar-like base with a projecting rim. With TL analysis! Traces of marine growth; expertly restored. Provenance: Formerly in the Ifergan Collection (Málaga). Formerly at Aphrodite Ancient Art Gallery, New York, before 1983. Previously in the Marwan Shehab Collection, acquired from Asfar & Sarkis, 1964. With Spanish export license! Published in: S. Garcia Alfonso (ed.), Shipwrecked Gods (2023), pp. 230ff. Cat. No. 191. The double flute first appears in records from the New Kingdom in Egypt, from where it spread via Ugarit (15th–13th centuries BCE) to Cyprus and Greece. This terracotta figurine of a flute player may be associated with religious ceremonies in honor of Astarte or Tanit.
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Flute player. Phoenicia, ca. late 6th – first half of the 5th century B.C. Reddish-brown terracotta, H 40 cm. A standing, pregnant woman wearing a veil, a floor-length robe, and a belt, blowing into a double flute. The figure stands on an altar-like base with a projecting rim. With TL analysis! Traces of marine growth; expertly restored. Provenance: Formerly in the Ifergan Collection (Málaga). Formerly at Aphrodite Ancient Art Gallery, New York, before 1983. Previously in the Marwan Shehab Collection, acquired from Asfar & Sarkis, 1964. With Spanish export license! Published in: S. Garcia Alfonso (ed.), Shipwrecked Gods (2023), pp. 230ff. Cat. No. 191. The double flute first appears in records from the New Kingdom in Egypt, from where it spread via Ugarit (15th–13th centuries BCE) to Cyprus and Greece. This terracotta figurine of a flute player may be associated with religious ceremonies in honor of Astarte or Tanit.
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