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Item No. 1310

Anahita is a Persian water goddess, also associated with wisdom and fertility.  It is said that Zoroaster was specifically commanded to honor her; before the Arab invasion and the forced conversions to Islam, there were many temples erected throughout the Persian Empire in her honor.

In the Avesta, Anahita is principally addressed in Yasht 5 (Yasna 65), also known as the Aban Yasht, a hymn to the waters in Avestan and one of the longer and better preserved of the devotional hymns. Yasna 65 is the third of the hymns recited at the Ab-Zohr, the "offering to the waters" that accompanies the culminating rites of the Yasna service. Verses from Yasht 5 also form the greater part of the Aban Nyashes, the liturgy to the waters.

Hieroglyphics are engraved into the base on all four sides.

Dimensions: 13 cm high, base 6.5 cm wide and 7 cm length. Shipping weight 2 pounds.