Caption

Figurine of a goddess, Figurine of a standing woman in a narrow dress with straps. The dress is decorated with a mesh motif with rhombus dots; the straps are decorated with vertical and horizontal stripes. A necklace is worn on the neck. The head, feet, and left hand are missing; the right hand hangs alongside the body. Possibly Neith mythology. Egyptian deities; Egyptian religion; Egyptian art. 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 narrow, elongated object resembling a limb with a rounded top and tapering bottom is shown against a plain gray background; the surface of the object is dark brown to near black with a textured, worn appearance and is decorated all over with a repeating pattern in metallic gold, consisting of circular dots connected by petal-like shapes forming a lattice; the top area shows a slightly different banded gold decoration near the rounded end, and small variations in surface tone include areas of lighter brown and subtle reddish spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_491

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.8Mb (810.0Kb) / 7.8in x 18.7in / 2352 x 5617 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine goddess standing woman narrow dress straps dress decorated mesh motif rhombus dots vertical horizontal stripes necklace worn neck head feet left hand missing right hand hangs alongside body Neith mythology Egyptian deities Egyptian religion Egyptian art c 945–c 715 Bc Third Intermediate Period 22nd Dynasty Egypt Terracotta figurine height 11.3 cm width 3 cm weight 0.19 kg narrow elongated object resembling limb rounded top tapering bottom shown plain gray background surface dark brown near black textured worn appearance repeating pattern metallic gold consisting circular dots connected petal- shapes forming lattice top area slightly different banded gold decoration near rounded small variations surface tone include areas lighter brown subtle reddish spots.