Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world /

This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-child moti...

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Main Author:	Budin, Stephanie Lynn, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
Subjects:	Bronze age > Mediterranean Region. Art, Prehistoric > Mediterranean Region. Sculpture, Prehistoric > Mediterranean Region. Figurines, Prehistoric > Mediterranean Region. Mother goddesses > Mediterranean Region. Mothers in art. Mediterranean Region > Antiquities. HISTORY / Ancient / General.