1st millennium BC. A bronze 'birthing' idol formed as a standing female figure wearing a long collared garment, detailing to the long face and dressed hair or headdress; one arm and hand held at the waist, child depicted in a panel in the lower skirt; spension loop to rear of head. 35.1 grams, 90mm high (3 1/2"). Private London, UK, collection, 1990s. Property of a Ssex, UK, teacher. Cf. Mooney, P.R.S., Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, Faber & Faber, 1974, p.163, fig.144, for a stylistically similar example.