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Statuette of Isis as a mourner
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 26
664–525 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Wood, gilt and plychrome decoration
Dimensions
Height x width x length: 32.9 x 6.8 x 14.9 cm (12 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4127
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFigure of the goddess Isis is the position of a mourner, kneeling with her proper right hand raised to her face and her proper left hand resting flat on her lap. She wears a straight sheath dress and tripartite wig, with the hieroglyphic symbol for her name (a throne) on her head. Traces of paint are preserved, indicating that her wig was painted blue, her eyes and eyebrows black, and her dress read. Her skin was originally gilded.
Compare fragmentary Nepthys in this pose 29.2627.
Compare fragmentary Nepthys in this pose 29.2627.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)