Asherah
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Asherah is the great goddess in ancient Semitic religion. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(s) or Ašertu(s). Her name was Aṯeratum to the Amorites, and Athiratu in Ugarit. Some scholars hold that Yahweh and Asherah were a consort pair in ancient Israel and Judah, although others disagree.
A-sa-sa-ra, the Minoan snake goddess's name, is the only word deciphered of Linear A. DNA from the Southern Levant made it to Crete. The emigres influenced island cream ware. Maybe they influenced the Minoan taste for ambiguity.
Flat lighting and en face presentation can lessen the visual effect of the Judean pillar figure's directly protruding breasts
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"The dedicatory inscription on the Lachish ewer [shows] the word Elat positioned immediately over the tree, indicating the... tree as a representation of the goddess Elat."
Lachish ewer
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The Lachish ewer is an ancient jug discovered at Tell el-Duweir dating from the late 13th century BC, identified as the site of the ancient city of Lachish, one of the most important cities in the Kingdom of Judah.
Petroglyphs from Mount Mihya in the Negev (Lipa Gal Lookout near Avdat) depicting horned animals, probably ibex