Isis Amulet – The Egyptian Goddess with Wings and Lotos Flowers

This scarab amulet shows the Egyptian goddess Isis with wings and lotos flowers

According to Egyptian mythology, Isis transformed herself into a bird in order to recover the pieces of the body of her husband Osiris after it had been torn apart by his brother, Seth. Hovering over his reassembled corpse, she then used magic to bring him back to life. As such, the winged Isis was considered a powerful protective symbol and was depicted frequently on Egyptian amulets and in Egyptian funerary art. The lotus flower was also closely associated with creation and rebirth.

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Engraved Scarab with Isis Flying, Phoenician, 500–450 B.C., 85.AN.370.23, The J. Paul Getty Museum, California
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Engraved Scarab with Isis Flying, Phoenician, 500–450 B.C., 85.AN.370.23, The J. Paul Getty Museum, California

Link to the artefact: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103VRZ?altImage=1e11ef49-9bcd-46f8-b965-3260f529c786