Asherah as the personification of a Vegetative Prosperity Goddess
Vegetation was a matter of live or death in ancient cultures - a family lived or perished dependent upon a bountiful vegetation season.
Blessings of the Vegetative Goddess were essential.
Discovered at Tel Beit Mirsim, this plaque depicting Asherah as a Vegetative Prosperity Goddess dates to ~1550-1230 BCE.