Caption

Figurine of a goddess possibly Neith. Standing woman in a narrow dress with straps; dress decorated with a mesh motif of rhombuses with dots; straps decorated with vertical and horizontal stripes. Wears a necklace. Head, feet, and left hand missing; right hand hangs alongside the body. c. 945–c. 715 BC, Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, Egypt. Terracotta figurine, height 11.3 cm, width 3 cm, weight 0.19 kg., A long, narrow object with a curved, tapered shape shown against a plain light gray background; its surface is predominantly dark brown to black with areas of reddish-brown and rusty red visible near the top and along a central strip, and there are patches of greenish corrosion in one spot; the object is decorated with a repeating geometric pattern of interlocking circles or flower-like motifs painted in a metallic gold color, with several gold dots accompanying the pattern and a few horizontal gold bands near the top; the texture appears uneven and worn, with rough, pitted areas and smoother painted sections.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_490

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.8Mb (840.9Kb) / 7.8in x 18.7in / 2352 x 5617 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine goddess Neith Standing woman narrow dress straps dress decorated mesh motif rhombuses dots straps decorated vertical horizontal stripes Wears necklace Head feet left hand missing right hand hangs alongside body c 945–c 715 Bc Third Intermediate Period 22nd Dynasty Egypt Terracotta figurine height 11.3 cm width 3 cm weight 0.19 kg long narrow object curved tapered shape shown plain light gray background surface predominantly dark brown black areas reddish-brown rusty red visible near top central strip patches greenish corrosion spot object decorated repeating geometric pattern interlocking circles flower- motifs painted metallic gold color several gold dots accompanying pattern horizontal gold bands near texture uneven worn rough pitted areas smoother painted sections.