Figure of Isis-Aphrodite
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Curationist Object DescriptionThe composite goddess, Isis-Aphrodite is an aspect of Isis. Her image invokes fertility and protection, drawing on Isis' role as a mother goddess and Aphrodite's fecund qualities. This sculpture of Isis-Aphrodite wears the calathos crown common among Egyptian Greco-Roman deities. The calathos was a basket worn atop the heads of women. It symbolizes abundance and fertility, and was a common wedding gift and domestic object. Her curvy hips and dark pubic hair further connect her to previous Egyptian fertility figures.
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Statuette, standing goddess, Isis-Aphrodite
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Unknown, Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, 2nd century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. The calathos basket was a domestic object worn atop the heads of women and as the crown of Egyptian Greco-Roman deities. Public Domain.
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