Egyptian art - Cleopatra dressed as the Goddess Isis - Relief sculpture fragment

Queen Cleopatra dressed as the Goddess Isis

Made of a limestone and quartzite composition stone this particular example has a very realistic, aged ochre patina.

Dimensions -
 Height - 9.5 cm / 3 - 3/4 inches

Width - 12.7 cm / 5 inches

Depth - 1.9 cm / 3/4 inch

Cleopatra fragment
Ptolemaic period - 305 - 30 B.C.E
This fragment replica shows one of the best known surviving portraits of the legendary Cleopatra VII born in 69 B.C.E - the last Queen of Egypt.
This depiction of the Queen shows Ptolemaic style at its finest with typical high relief carving jutting above the surface plain of the stone displaying intricate details of face and costume details. Over neatly plaited rows of braided hair, she wears the vulture headress only worn by Queens and some Goddesses such as Mut and Isis. The wings can clearly be seen draping downwards over the hair offering symbolic protection.
Cleopatra was thought of as the living image of Isis and on her debut in Rome, she was received in full splendour in the guise of the Goddess.