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Isis-Aphrodite figurines from Egypt

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Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

This terracotta figurine of the goddess Isis-Aphrodite was found inside a wooden gable-roof coffin of grave G110. “Based both on its archaeological context and comparison with other examples, this statue can be dated to the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC.”
During the new season of excavations [2016] carried out at the ancient settlement of Philadelphia, founded by Ptolemy II, in the oasis of El Fayum, archaeologists have uncovered a Greco-Roman funerary building inside which they have discovered, among other materials, a set of polychrome anthropomorphic coffins, some beautifully decorated with the face of the deceased [for the “mummy” portrait read >> https://colorsandstones.eu/2022/08/12/portrait-of-a-girl-from-fayum-wearing-a-discriminalia-hair-ornament-d-b/]

For the detailed description of the figurine and a coffin read an article by Basem Gehad A Report on a Mid-Ptolemaic Graveyard with Gable-roof Coffins from Ancient Philadelphia https://journals.openedition.org

Painted wooden gable-roof coffin of grave G110
Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
From Antione (Antinopolis), Egypt, 3rd century BCE
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
Louvre CA 3315
Statuette of Isis-Aphrodite wearing a high feathered crown. 2nd century BC – 1st century AD.
Egyptian Museum of Turin 7215
2nd century[???] statuette of Isis-Aphrodite from Egypt. Read an article Basem Gehad A Report on a Mid-Ptolemaic Graveyard with Gable-roof Coffins from Ancient Philadelphia https://journals.openedition.org for the dating of this figurine.
Metropolitan Museum 1991.76
Portrait of a girl from Fayum wearing a discriminalia hair ornament [d/b]

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