Gilded sculpture "Protective goddess Isis", museum replica of art casting and wood

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Sculpture “Protection Goddess Isis” (original size), gilded

"I am everything that was, that is, and that will be..." is how an inscription on one of her countless statues describes the "magical realm" and "goddess with 10,000 names." For the Egyptians, she was primarily a mother, woman, and childbirth goddess. She was considered the mother of the gods and the patron goddess of the reigning pharaoh.

This figure was one of the four guardian goddesses who watched over the shrine containing the entrails of the mummified Tutankhamun. The goddesses were meant to protect the pharaoh in the afterlife and ward off danger. The shrine with the goddesses was discovered in a room directly adjacent to the burial chamber. Egypt, 18th Dynasty, circa 1335 BC.

Original: Egyptian Museum

Total height 96.5 cm