Isis Thermouthis

 

Isis Thermouthis

This terracotta figurine represents Isis Thermouthis with the bust of a woman and the coiling body of a serpent. She is seated on a throne of which the rectangular feet are decorated with Greek sphinxes. The <A HREF="God">goddess</A> clenches, in a coil of her body, a lighted torch. She wears a hairstyle with wavy ribbons and long curls which fall onto her shoulders. The piece represents Isis under the hellenized form of the <A HREF="God">goddess</A> of harvest Renenutet , particularly revered in the Faiyum during the second and third centuries of our era.

ROMAN PERIOD

M. Rassart-Debergh (Éd.), Arts tardifs et chrétiens d'Égypte (Exposition Louvain-la-Neuve ), Le Monde Copte 14-15 (1988) 12 nº 10

KMKG - MRAH

iNVENTORY NUMBER E.3835

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