The Lady of Tayinat

The Lady of Tayinat, which archaeologists identify as Kinalua, the capital of one of the Neo-Hittite/Aramean city-kingdoms of Walistin (Aramaic) or Palistin (neo-Hittite). She may represent the goddess Kubaba or a queen. What we do know is that she was deliberately smashed and buried face down. 

"In August of 2017, it was reported that a majestic female statue was discovered at the site, within the monumental gate complex leading to the upper citadel. This may be an image of Kubaba, divine mother of the gods of ancient Anatolia. Or it may be Kupapiyas, who was the wife – or possibly mother – of Taita, the dynastic founder of ancient Tayinat. But it's also possible that the statue represents the wife of King Suppiluliuma. Archaeologist Timothy Harrison raised the possibility that women played quite a prominent role in the political and religious lives of these early Iron Age communities." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Tayinat

"Not far below the surface another upper portion of a monumental statue, this time of a woman was found deposited face down in the soil. Found immediately beneath the statue was a deposit of basalt fragments of varying size that appear to be the result of an intentional or even ritual defacing of the statue. 

"These fragments, numbering in the thousands, consisted of the fragments of this statue and at least three separate monuments.In the 2018 season, with the support of the Hatay Archaeological Museum, these and other fragments uncovered in previous years excavations were laid out for organization and categorization. Organized by nature of the basalt, find spot, and finish, we were able to identify a total of eight damaged monuments. Numerous fragments were matched to the female statue, allowing us to begin her reconstruction."

https://tayinat.artsci.utoronto.ca/the-toronto-expedition/the-lady-of-tayinat/

Tell Taniyat goes back to the early Bronze Age (3000 bce). The female sphinx below dates to the Hittite era, 1800-1100 bce. nearly 1000 years before the sculpture in original post. Now in the Oriental Institute of Chicago. 

Base of one of five columns in the palace at Tayinat.

Another view of the Lady of Tayinat.

A more ancient stone monument of an ancestral woman in the Amuq valley (in the Orontes region, now within Turkish borders, but historically linked to Syria).

Back view has an incised warrior with shield, and two women dancing with staffs.

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