Una figurina di “dea gravida” da Achziv nel Museo del Vicino Oriente Egitto e Mediterraneo della Sapienza

Abstract

In this essay a clay figurine of a so-called “dea gravida” (pregnant goddess) from Achziv, dating
to the 8th-7th century BC and preserved in the Museum of the Near East Egypt and Mediterranean of
Sapienza University of Rome, is presented, and analyzed in relation to the context of the discovery and
to other specimens from the same site and from the Phoenicia, investigating the cult and the rites
connected to such a kind of artifacts.