• Reading Public Museum
    Open 11a-5p DailyAdmission
  • Neag Planetarium
    Show ScheduleAdmission
  • Arboretum
    Open everyday from sunrise to sunset
Collections Menu

Votive to Hathor

Votive to Hathor

Culture: Egyptian

Date: c. 2000 BC
Medium: terracotta, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Dr. Levi W. Mengel
Object number: 1962.85.1C
This small terracotta votive statue of the cow goddess Hathor, who represented fertility, is painted with blue and white pigment against the natural color of the molded earthenware. The sun disk is depicted above her head, a reference to her role as a personification of the sky.
In Collection(s)