Isis-Aphrodite with Egyptian vulture cap

Unknown

ca. A.D. 161–180 · Bronze · Egyptian Art

Images of Aphrodite wearing the Egyptian vulture cap are attested from Egypt and Syria. This statuette of the goddess may have been made in the image of the Roman Empress Faustina Minor, wife of Marcus Aurelius.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. A.D. 161–180

Medium

Bronze

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926