Head of Isis
280–240 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Place of ManufactureEgypt (probably)
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the island of Prokonnesos near Istanbul
DimensionsHeight: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Hans von Bülow
Accession number89.152
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1864: collection of Ferdinand Lassalle (who had acquired the head in Rome); 1864: bequeathed by Ferdinand Lassalle to Dr. Hans von Bülow; gift of Dr. Hans von Bülow to MFA, 1889
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
about 260–250 B.C.
5th century A.D.
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 215–225
about A.D. 200–280
about A.D. 150
Late 6th–7th century A.D.
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.