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Amulet of a standing goddess
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mary E. Moore Gift
Accession Number1974.175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis miniature sculpture in greenish-blue faience represents the goddess Isis standing with her arms at her sides and her left foot forward. She wears a heavy wig with a cobra diadem and a circlet of cobra heads as a crown.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt. By 1974: with Jean-Loup Despras (acquired from an estate in Paris); purchased by the MFA from Jean-Loup Despras, April 10, 1974.