Isis figurine

Isis figurine

An item at Louvre

Figurine of Isis (?) standing on a base, hips swaying; she wears a tunic and a veil tied on her chest. She holds a vase and a sistrum. Her hairstyle is melon ribs and she wears earrings. She wears a solar disk framed by horns, and surrounded by a plant crown. The back of the figurine is hatched. Hollow terracotta. No vent hole.

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).