The woman who stand like columns in from of the house shrine emphasize the relationship between the tree and the goddess. These figures most likely represent Asherah standing at her shrine, , much like (below) a Cypriot example from Idalion, now in Louvre. Excavated from a grave in the idalion necropolis, this house shrine dates to the sixth century B,C,E, A female--probably the goddess Astarte--stands in the dooorway and at the windows on either side of the naos. The hollows along the top are dovecotes, which house doves, a symbol of Astarte
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