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Statuette of Isis
Roman
Imperial Period
1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number04.1713
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 114; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
DescriptionWearing a short-sleeved tunic (chiton) and fringed mantle (himation) knotted between the breasts, the goddess stands with her left leg bent and head turned to the right. She wears the basileion, a crown composed of a solar disc with uraeus between two horns, flanked by feathers. Only the handle of a sistrum held in her right hands remains. The left hand held a vessel, now missing.
The headdress is bent forward. Green and brown patina.
The headdress is bent forward. Green and brown patina.
ProvenanceBy 1904, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1904, gift of Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: October 3, 1904)