Funerary Figure of a Woman
Coptic
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Object Label
This large figure of a woman was carved against a flat ground. Originally full-length, the figure may have been broken by the tomb robbers who left marks in the stone around the woman’s head while trying to remove her from the background. Her hairdo, clothing, and jewelry are entirely classical, as was then the fashion. The cup in her hand, meant to hold Nile River water, shows that she was a priestess of Isis, one of the few Egyptian deities whose cult lasted into this period.
Caption
Coptic. Funerary Figure of a Woman, 3rd–4th century C.E.. Limestone, gesso, pigment, 34 5/8 × 20 1/16 × 11 13/16 in., 226.5 lb. (88 × 51 × 30 cm, 102.74kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 70.132. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Funerary Figure of a Woman
Date
3rd–4th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Geography
Place found: El Behnasa (Oxyrhynchus), Egypt
Medium
Limestone, gesso, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
34 5/8 × 20 1/16 × 11 13/16 in., 226.5 lb. (88 × 51 × 30 cm, 102.74kg)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
70.132
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