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# An alabaster figurine from a Parthian-period necropolis, probably depicting Ishtar, the Akkadian goddess of love, fertility and war
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/alebastrovaia-statuetka-iz-nekropolia-parfianskogo-perioda-veroiatno-izobrazhaet-ishtar-akkadskuiu-boginiu-liubvi-plodorodiia-i-voiny/
- Published: 2019-03-19T09:58:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:10.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Faith, The East, Art, Museums, New York

An alabaster figurine from a Parthian-period necropolis, probably depicting Ishtar, the Akkadian goddess of love, fertility and war. The central female deity of the Mesopotamian pantheon is shown as a beautiful girl with a high bust and a narrow waist, ruby eyes, a headdress in the form of a golden crescent, gold earrings and a necklace, and a ruby navel piercing. The figurine may render the likeness of the woman buried in that tomb, undoubtedly a person of high social standing. On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York