Illustration
This bronze statuette from the late 2nd Century CE depicts the Egyptian goddess Isis in Hellenized form as Aphrodite but wearing the traditional vulture cap and knotted robe of Isis. Isis was a popular deity in the Roman world from the Hellenistic period onwards and was often conflated with Aphrodite, Venus, Demeter or Rhea. Height: 27.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Art, M. M. O. (2017, November 20). Statuette of Isis-Venus. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7655/
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Art, Metropolitan M. O. "Statuette of Isis-Venus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 20, 2017. https://www.ancient.eu/image/7655/.
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