al , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁anti - A sh er ah ▁ide ology ▁which ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁De uter onom istic ▁Histor ians , ▁at ▁the ▁later ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁kingdom . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁suggested ▁by ▁several ▁sch ol ars ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁g ĕ b î r â ▁in ▁the ▁royal ▁court ▁and ▁the ▁worship ▁( orth odox ▁or ▁not ) ▁of ▁Ash er ah . ▁In ▁a ▁pot sh erd ▁ins cription ▁of ▁bless ings ▁from ▁" Y ah we h ▁and ▁his ▁Ash er ah ", ▁there ▁appears ▁a ▁cow ▁feed ing ▁its ▁cal f . ▁N umer ous ▁C ana an ite ▁am u lets ▁dep ict ▁we aring ▁a ▁bou ff ant ▁w ig ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁H ath or . ▁If ▁Ash er ah ▁is ▁then ▁to ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁H ath or / Q ud sh u , ▁it ▁can ▁then ▁be ▁assumed ▁that ▁the ▁cow ▁is ▁being ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁Ash er ah . ▁ ▁William ▁De ver ' s ▁book ▁Did ▁God ▁Have ▁a ▁W ife ? ▁ad du ces ▁further ▁arch ae ological ▁evidence — for ▁instance , ▁the ▁many ▁female ▁figur ines ▁un ear th ed ▁in ▁ancient ▁Israel , ▁( known ▁as ▁P ill ar - Base ▁Fig ur ines ) — as ▁supporting ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁in ▁Israel ite ▁folk ▁religion ▁of ▁the ▁monarch ical ▁period , ▁Ash er ah ▁function ed ▁as ▁a ▁god dess ▁and ▁cons