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Engraved Gem
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UnknownAll works by this person →More on Getty ULAN- Date
- mid-1st century B.C.
- Medium
- Cornelian
- Culture
- Italic
- Department
- Jewelry
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Bust of the goddess Isis in profile to right. She wears a crown with horns flanking the solar disc with her hair in long ringlets. The unusual facial features of Isis, notably her hooked nose, suggest that this may have been intended as a portrait, perhaps Kleopatra VII.
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