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<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)
Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)
<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_left_PS22.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_left_PS22.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_right_PS22.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_right_PS22.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_back_PS22.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_back_PS22.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.370E_37.566E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.370E_37.566E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.269E_37.370E_GRPD_glass_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.269E_37.370E_GRPD_glass_bw.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.269E_37.370E_GRPC_glass_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.269E_37.370E_GRPC_glass_bw.jpg)

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Statuette of Isis

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze
  • Reportedly From: Memphis, Egypt
    • DATES 332–30 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
    DIMENSIONS 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm) mount: 8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (20.3 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.370E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bronze figure of a goddess, probably Isis. The goddess stands with her feet together. Her right arm, bent at the elbow, is extended forwards; and her right hand is pierced to hold a now missing staff of scepter. Her left hand, held at her side, is also pierced to hold a now missing attribute. The goddess wears a tight-fitting dress and lappet with uraeus. Atop her wig is a circular frieze of uraei which support cow’s horns and a solder disk. Condition: Black/Cu/cuprite patina. Extensive pitting over dress and upper body. Solar disk much pitted. Cuprite deposits still extant here and here. Right horn bent.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Statuette of Isis, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)
    IMAGE front, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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    <em>Statuette of Isis</em>, 332–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 7 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (20 × 3.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.370E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.370E_front_PS22.jpg)

    TAGS

    statuette
    Isis
    late Period
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Sculpture
    Headdress
    Horns
    Sun Disc
    Bronze
    Standing
    Feet Together
    Uraeus
    Goddess
    Female
    Left arm at side
    Right arm raised

    TAGS

    statuette
    Isis
    late Period
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Sculpture
    Headdress
    Horns
    Sun Disc
    Bronze
    Standing
    Feet Together
    Uraeus
    Goddess
    Female
    Left arm at side
    Right arm raised

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