Seated Figure of the Goddess Isis
7th-1st Century BCE
Description
Wooden figure of the goddess Isis seated on a throne. The proper right hand holds the breast, the left arm is extended. This pose suggests that Isis was originally suckling a (now lost) infant Horus seated on her lap. The wooden statuette is entirely gilt (gilding partly refreshed in modern times?), with black paint outlining the eyes. Isis wears a Hathor crown of bronze, consisting of a sundisk between two cow horns.
Dimensions
H. 30 x W. 7.2 x D. 13.5 cm (11 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
[Maguid Sameda Antiquaire, Cairo, by 1954], sold; to David M. Robinson, Oxford, Mississippi, (1954-1960), bequest; to The Fogg Art Museum.
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