Fayoum / Figurine / Clay (unfired)
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6529
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Lot
- Ruthven, Peter
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Clay (unfired)
- Length
- 2.9
- Width
- 6.5
- Height
- 21.2
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Goddess, possibly representing Isis-Aphrodite. Nude figure stands with right leg extended to the front. Her arms raised to support a headdress consisting of a bowl bordered on upper edge by rope-like wreath which contains upright uraeus flanked by pine cones. Hair falls on shoulders in ringlets. Right thigh draped. Small boy in belted short tunic playing double pipes stands at her right. Amphora stands at left. Nose and foot warn. White encrustation on back. Small (diameter: 1.3 cm) vent in back. Back unworked.
- Subjects
- Isis - Aphrodite?
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Caught Looking: Exhibiting the Kelsey
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Thomas, Thelma K.
- Wilfong, Terry
- Publication Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Publication Author
- Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.
- Publication Year
- 1977
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.6529
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6529/0000_00_6529p02.tif
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"Fayoum; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6529/0000_00_6529p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.