Blue-Green Glazed Isis Amulet

Blue-Green Glazed Isis Amulet

Description:

Glazed composition (faience) amulet of a standing female, possibly Isis; mould-made and covered with a blue-green glaze; the figure stands on a low base with her hands by her sides; the glaze is worn there is what looks like a break on the top of the head, possibly the remains of a suspension loop.


Dimensions: Height: 2.70 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: mould-made; glazed

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 300 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.701