Lady from ibiza

The Lady of Ibiza is a 47-centimetre-high clay figure dating from the 3rd century BC. C., during the Carthaginian occupation of the Balearic archipelago. It was found in the necropolis located in the Puig des Molins on the island of Ibiza, in the Mediterranean. It is molded and has a cavity on the back, a characteristic that it shares with all the other "ladies" found, and that it is speculated that it would serve to keep relics, offerings or funeral ashes. It is the representation of a Carthaginian goddess, surely Tanit, related to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. She presents a very rich ornamentation in her clothing as well as in the jewels, and it is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid.

An important sample of Punic pottery, most of the figures found in the Puig des Molins necropolis are representations of goddesses, with possible influences from Greek art through Magna Graecia (a name given in Antiquity to the Greek colonies in southern Italy).