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An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the goddess Asherah. [1] The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate.
An especially common Asherah tree in visual art is the date palm, a reliable producer of nutrition through the year. Some expect living trees, but Olyan sees a stylized, non-living palm or pole. [36] [page needed] The remains of a juniper tree discovered in a 7,500 year old gravesite in Eilat has been considered an Asherah tree by some. [37]
An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of El. [2] [a] The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. [3] [b]
Asherah is shown in humanlike and tree form. "In the centre of the bottom register stands a naked goddess, controlling, one with each hand, two flanking lions." [2] The Ta'anakh cult stand was found in the ancient city of Ta'anakh, near Megiddo, in Israel. It dates back to the 10th century BCE and has various images that are related to the ...
The use of artificial, geometric or stylised sacred trees is a common motif in its own right, attested in Assyrian art and Mitanni seals from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC onwards, [10] and non-lifelike trees are associated with Asherah specifically [16] [page needed] through examples such as the Asherah pole.
Canaanite deities such as Baal were represented by figures which were placed in shrines, often on hilltops, or 'high places' surrounded by groves of trees, such as is condemned in the Hebrew Bible, in Hosea (v 13a) which would probably hold the Asherah pole, and standing stones or pillars. [33]
It was often on the hill above the town, as at Ramah (1 Samuel 9:12–14); there was a stele , the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an object of worship; there was a stone altar (מִזְבֵּחַ mīzbēaḥ "slaughter place"), often of considerable size ...
The Revadim Asherah is an artifact from Revadim representing a genre of Asherah figurines. [1] Like the inscriptions found at Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet Ajrud , these findings revealed Asherah's prominence in Canaanite and Hebrew religion.