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Statue of Isis-Fortuna

Statue of Isis-Fortuna
The bronze statuette of Isis-Fortuna is covered with green patina. The head is turned to the right, the right hand, rather separated from the body, leans on a ship's tiller, while the left, aslo separated from the body, is holding a cornucopia. The statuettes's weight is on the right leg.

The long chiton with rich folds reveals her left shoulder and breast. A himation is thrown over the chiton, and tied below the breasts. The curled and wavy hair is gathered in a bun at the pate. A basileion (a high crown consisting a bovine horns, a sun disk and a feather) leans on her.

The figurine is well preserved and of fine craftsmanship.

Catalogue entry

Statuette of Isis-Fortuna from bronze
Museo del territorio parentino, Poreč
inv. no. unknown
Hellenistic period, 1st c. B.C.-Roman Empire, 1st. c. A.D.  
bronze; green patina
H. 9.5 cm

Resources

  • Jurkić-Girardi, Vesna. “Ancient cults as patrons of seafaring and seafarers in Istria”. Histria Antiqua 21 (2012): 129-152. 146-147.
  • Jurkić-Girardi, Vesna. Duhovna kultura antičke Istre, knjiga I. Zagreb, 2005. no. 3.4.4., 204-205.
  • Kovačić, Vladimir; Tassaux, Francis. Od masline do amfore. Poreč, 2000. 30-31.
  • Portulano, Brunelli; Kovačić, Vladimir. “Bronzetto di Iside-Fortuna”. U: Loron (Croatia), Un grand centre de production d’amphores à huile istriennes. Bordeaux, 2001: 267-268. 267-268.
  • Portulano, Brunelli; Kovačić, Vladimir. “Ritorovamento di un bronzetto di Iside-Fortuna a Loron (Parenzo-Istria)”. Atti e memorie della Societá istriana di archeologia e storia Patria n.s. 47 (1999): 501-511. 501-511.

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