Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Head of Isis-Fortuna

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 62.45. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 62.45
Find spot: Alexandria, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period
Date: 1st century B.C.E.– 2nd century C.E.
Date range: 99 BCE – 1 BCE
Materials: ['Marble']
Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Head of Isis-Fortuna (62.45). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17969

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Caption: Head of Isis-Fortuna, 1st century B.C.E.– 2nd century C.E.. Marble, 14 x 8 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (35.5 x 21.5 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 62.45. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Sculpted head of a female figure wearing a distinctive wig and a tall, decorated headdress with a central vertical emblem.

The image shows a carved stone head in three-quarter view facing left. The figure has defined facial features (prominent cheekbones, closed lips, and a calm expression) and wears a large, curly wig rendered in layered curls at the temple and behind the ear. Above the head is a tall headdress or crown-like element with incised/raised vertical and diagonal decorative bands; at the top there is a rounded segment flanked by curved elements. The headdress includes a central vertical motif that resembles an emblem but is not clear enough to identify precisely. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible on the visible surfaces. No cartouche or royal titulary is visible. The object appears to be a sculptural fragment or bust element rather than a full statue, with the stone cut off below the neck. Overall workmanship and style are consistent with Hellenistic/Egyptian syncretic portrait heads, though specific iconographic details cannot be confirmed beyond the general divine/fortuna association implied by the catalogue.

religious Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period (as per catalogue; specific subtype unclear from image alone) good

Deities Isis-Fortuna (iconography implied by catalogue; explicit confirmation uncertain from image alone)Isis (implied; not explicitly identifiable in image)

Materials stonemarble

Connections

Found at Alexandria

Deities Isis

Materials Limestone Stone Marble

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 62.45 tier-2
BKM-Object 80244 tier-2

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