The question of the identity of the two standing figures at the center of pithos A continues to be a subject of vigorous debate, with the scholarly community divided over whether they should be explained in light of the inscription invoking Yhwh and his asherah that is situated above them. In this article, the author contributes to the discussion by reviewing the main iconographic arguments for identifying the figures as Yhwh and his female partner and in the process responds to some of the common objections that have been raised against the hypothesis. These include the figures’ sexual dualism, overlapping pose as male and female partners, their Bes-like and bovine features and associated mythological compatibility with Yhwh, and the larger iconographic context of the individual pithoi.

在陶缸一个中心两个站在人物的身份问题仍然是激烈辩论的主题，与学术界分歧是否应在光题词调用来解释的yhwh和他的木偶是位于上方他们。在本文中，作者通过回顾主要的肖像学论点（将人物识别为Yhwh和他的女性伴侣）做出了贡献，并在此过程中回应了针对该假设提出的一些常见反对意见。这些包括人物的性二元论，男女伴侣的重叠姿势，他们的Bes和牛的特征以及与耶和华的神话般的相容性，以及单个pithoi的较大图像背景。