Intaglio with Isis and Attributes of Herakles
This intaglio depicts the goddess Isis with the club and lion skin of the hero Herakles. The Egyptian goddess Isis was worshiped as an ideal mother, wife, and protector of the dead. Her devotion was introduced into the rest of the Roman world at an early date. Her assimilation...
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31334
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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0
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.397 |
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