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

Sculptor's Model of the Goddess Isis

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Description

Caption: Sculptor's Model of the Goddess Isis, ca. 305–30 B.C.E.. Limestone, 6 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 9/16 in. (17.2 x 8.4 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.270E. (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.

A carved limestone relief shows a standing, human-headed female figure wearing a nemes-like headdress with a broad collar and holding a long staff/implement, set within a vertical register.

The image depicts a stone relief panel with a single standing figure shown in profile and facing left. The figure has a human face in profile and wears an elaborate headdress: a central element with two raised sides/feathered projections suggests a wig/headdress topped with a vertical form. The figure is dressed in layered, patterned garments and a broad, beaded collar. One arm is bent across the torso holding or supporting a long staff/rod-like object; the other arm extends downward, also interacting with a vertical implement. At the top of the panel, a U-shaped/arched element is visible beneath the headdress. To the right side there is a vertical column of carved shapes that could be decorative or broken inscription; no clearly legible hieroglyphic signs are confidently identifiable from this image. The figure is posed against a plain background and framed by shallow, rectangular panel boundaries and a diagonal lower edge from the photograph.

religious Ptolemaic Period (consistent with catalogue; stylistic details not sufficient for independent dating) fragmentary
Deities Isis (attributed by catalogue; not clearly verifiable from image alone)
Materials limestone

Connections

Deities Isis
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.270E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 4006 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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