Inlay depicting the goddess Isis
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Not on view
This inlay depicts a goddess wearing a tight sheath dress and elaborate headgear. The latter consists of a vulture headdress on which is set a modius of rearing cobras topped with cow corns and a sundisk.
In the Late Period and the Ptolemaic Period, the goddesses Isis (the sister-wife of Osiris) is often depicted in this fashion; the goddess Hathor could also be represented with this headdress.
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