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Bronze statuette of Isis

Bronze statuette of Isis
A seated bronze statuette of Isis. The long arms are placed closely to the body with palms in her knees. She is leaning with her feet to the rectangular postament. On her head, she is wearing diadem. Her hair with long locks slightly descends on her back. She is wearing tight long dress.

Statuette is damaged. Her crown is missing.

Catalogue entry

Bronze statuette of Isis
Franciscan Monastery, Sinj
Archaeological collection
inv. no. R193; old inv. no. 45
West region of Bosnia, probably Livno or Fojnica
Ptolemaic period (306-30 B.C.) - Roman Empire, 1st-3rd c. A.D.
bronze
8.9 x 2.2 cm
gift, Bosnian Franciscans

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