Golden Mummies : Figure

Golden Mummies

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Terracotta figurine of a naked goddess with elaborate headdress. Atop her voluminous locks sits a floral crown surmounted with a sun-disk between bovine horns and tall ostrich feather plumes. These features were associated with the iconography of several Pharaonic goddesses, notably Hathor and Isis.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Various goddesses have been identified as being represented by this distinctive nude form, including Isis and Aphrodite, although the Egyptian goddess Hathor is most likely. She represented sexuality in the service of rebirth, and this curvaceous form is replicated in a number of female coffins of the Graeco-Roman Period from the site of Akhmim.</p>

Figure (R.1283)

Terracotta figurine of a naked goddess with elaborate headdress. Atop her voluminous locks sits a floral crown surmounted with a sun-disk between bovine horns and tall ostrich feather plumes. These features were associated with the iconography of several Pharaonic goddesses, notably Hathor and Isis.

Various goddesses have been identified as being represented by this distinctive nude form, including Isis and Aphrodite, although the Egyptian goddess Hathor is most likely. She represented sexuality in the service of rebirth, and this curvaceous form is replicated in a number of female coffins of the Graeco-Roman Period from the site of Akhmim.

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Physical Location: Manchester Museum
Classmark: R.1283
Title: Figure
Subject(s): Museums--England; Museum objects; Antiquities; Classical antiquities; Egypt--Antiquities, Roman; Egypt--Antiquities; Egyptology; Art, Greco-Roman; Art, Egyptian--Exhibitions
Material(s): Terracotta
Dimensions: height: 262mm, width: 72.5mm.
Acquisition: Donation by W. Sharp Ogden, (unknown date)
Custodial History:
Featured in Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition at the Manchester Museum, 18 February 2023-14 April 2024.
Bibliography:
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester). Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period. Manchester University Press 2023

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