English: Statue, ceramic, representing goddess Astarte. Incised eyes and plait on head, pointed nose, split ears and wearing a neck ornament. Syria-Hittite goddess figure approx. 2000 BC. Stylised figure with a small head on a long neck. Face is bird-like with beaked nose, eyes are made from circles within circles, punched or stamped and small projections at the side of head with a notch in the centre of each one. A cockscomb descends over the back of the head to neck level. Widest at the shoulders, with right angles turn representing arms ending at what would be chest level. One side has a projecting lug at right angles to the arm-shoulder with the hole oriented vertically. A neckline of clay added in raised relief around the neck and chest. Elongated parallel sided body to flared, flat base.