Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world /
Budin, Stephanie Lynn,1969-
Cambridge  : Cambridge University Press,
2011.
"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 motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison with other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"--
"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 motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison with other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction - Kourotrophic iconography in the ancient near East and Mediterranean: origins and meanings -- Egypt -- The Levant and Anatolia -- Mesopotamia and Iran -- Cyprus -- The Aegean -- Conclusions.
Bronze age
Art, Prehistoric
Sculpture, Prehistoric
Figurines, Prehistoric
Mother goddesses
Mothers in art.
Mediterranean Region