2nd – early 1st century BC , Fundort unbekannt
Beginning in the second century BC, long corkscrew curls became the characteristic hairstyle of the goddess Isis and deified queens. The profile here is Greek but the back pillar which once extended up into the tresses of the wig belongs to Egyptian tradition. A headdress – probably Isis’s cow horns with sun disk – was once attached to the top of the head.
Statue
Griechisch - Ägyptisch
Ptolemaic Period
2nd – early 1st century BC
Granodiorite
H 24 cm, B 18,4 cm, T 16,6 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 9
Acquired before 1824
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