AN UNPUBLISHED TERRACOTTA FROM TANTA MUSEUM, EGYPT

Abstract

similarities within the features and of statues of goddesses and women. ABSTRACT This research studies a terracotta statue of a woman representing the conjunction of the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Greek one Aphrodite. It is currently preserved at Tanta Museum under No. 3658. The decorative elements in the statue represent a mixture of Egyptian and Greek details, as seen through her jewellery and headdress. The statue is dated to the end of the 2 nd century BC and the beginning of the 1 st century BC. The identification is compared to the representations of concubines in Ptolemaic Egypt and the arguments in favour of it showing the goddess or a concubine are presented, using similar statuary and examples.