Author: Shoki Goodarzi-Tabrizi
The Iranian World: Essays on Iranian Art and Archaeology Presented to Ezat O. Negahban, Edited by: Abbas Alizadeh, Yousef Majidzadeh, Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, Iran University Press, Tehran, 1999

Abstract:
To honor Professor Negahban, I take great pleasure in this opportunity to discuss a small collection of terracotta figurines housed in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California. Labeled as Ishtar fragments, the figures are similar to those of the Elamite period found at such sites as Susa, Chogha Zanbil, and Haft Tappeh. Based on stylistic comparisons to figurines found at Susa, and Haft Tappeh, it is feasible to date this small collection to the Middle Elamite period (1500-1000 BC). In this article, only a few of the better-preserved pieces of both male and female figurines will be discussed.

Bibliography:
Goodarzi-Tabrizi, Shoki, Elamite Terracotta Figurines in The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, The Iranian World: Essays on Iranian Art and Archaeology Presented to Ezat O. Negahban, Edited by: Abbas Alizadeh, Yousef Majidzadeh, Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, Iran University Press, Tehran, 1999, pp 137-145.