egypt-museum:Headless Statue of Queen Arsinoe IIStatue of Queen Arsinoe II identified with the godde
egypt-museum:Headless Statue of Queen Arsinoe IIStatue of Queen Arsinoe II identified with the goddess Isis (black granite). Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC.The statue is in a traditional Egyptian striding pose. She stands facing forward with her arms lowered along the sides of the body and her left foot forward. Greek influence is evident in the contrast between the covered and bare areas of the chest and the shape of the folds of her transparent garment, which shows the beauty of the smooth body. The body shape is in the Greek style, based on the details in the abdomen, chest, and legs, which are all soft and rounded. The statue is smooth and well polished. Now in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum. 842 -- source link
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