People of the gods: the worshippers of Allat and Atargatis in the Near East
from 4th century BCE – 4th century CE.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
AL-AT
This project examines on which scale the divine society imitates the human modelandto which degree itcan influence social changes, basing on the worshippers of these two goddesses.The choice of the goddesses is notonlybasedon their popularitywithin the materialevidence, but also on thesharediconographic featuresasbeingrepresented as seated onathrone flanked by lions.What does it meaninrelation tothe position ofthe goddessesand women? Whythis particular motive connects thesetwo deities?