Dish: The Goddess Anahita
400–600
- Medium
- silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.6 x 21.6 cm (1 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
Anahita, the Zoroastrian goddess of water and fertility, was one of the last of the ancient tradition of Near Eastern nude mother goddesses.