The cult image Aphrodite of Aphrodisias was once worshiped in her temple. This statue recalls the ancient Carian origins. The stiff pose and frontallity with arms close along the body and hands extend this cult image belongs to the old Anatolian heritage of religious conception .
Sources:
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, pp. 171-175
- https://www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/cult.img.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisias