The Goddess Isis

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Marble portrait of a young woman, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Rogers Fund, 1923 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Marble

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251350

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Statue of the God Osiris

This statue was discovered in a deep pit in the tomb of Psamtik, it was found with two others depicting Hathor and Isis.

Osiris is shown seated, wrapped tightly, and holding the crook and flail - symbols of kingship - in his hands, crossed at his torso. He wears the Atef-crown and a uraeus, as well as a divine beard. A formula dedicated by the chief scribe Psamtik to the god is inscribed around the base.

Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. Schist, from the tomb of Psamtik at Saqqara. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 38358

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