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Dish: The Goddess Anahita

400–600 CE

Iran, Sasanian Empire

(224–651 CE)
Medium
silver gilt
Measurements
Overall: 4.6 x 21.6 cm (1 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Weight: 523 g (1.15 lbs.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1962.295
Public Domain
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Location
102A Ancient Near East
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Description

Anahita, the Zoroastrian goddess of water and fertility, was one of the last of the ancient tradition of Near Eastern nude mother goddesses.
Circular, silver dish depicting the goddess Anahita, stepping to our right, her body and hair gilded but not her face, bare feet, or hands. Her hair is done in two plaits, one hanging over each shoulder. She holds up a band arcing over her head, a gilded bow in the center. Silver vines with gilded leaves curl around her. She stands on a gilded, tilting, rectangle. The dish curves up at the rim, gilded.

Dish: The Goddess Anahita

400–600 CE

Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)

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