Figure goddess of the Nile River. 28 cm.

Description

Figure Goddess of the Nile, reproduction of a pre-dynastic Egyptian statuette made of moulded marble (marble powder with resin) and hand-polychromed with the appearance of ancient terracotta.

Height: 28 cm.

This figure is ideal for use in interior decoration (living rooms, hallways, libraries, and offices). It is not suitable for outdoor use.

Female figure from Predynastic Egypt. Archaeological reproductions for decoration and gift, inspired by original museum pieces. Prehistoric art. Handmade in Spain.

Figure Goddess of the Nile River, recreated from a predynastic Egyptian terracotta statuette. This figure was discovered in 1907 by Henri de Morgan in a tomb at the El Ma’marîya site in southern Egypt. It is currently exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, New York (photo attached).

The figure is dated between 3500–3400 BCE, belonging to the Naqada IIa phase of the Egyptian predynastic period. It represents a woman with bent arms, in a posture suggesting a ritual or dance gesture and also reminiscent of cow horns, the sacred animal of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. The meaning and function of the statuette remain unknown, whether it represented a female deity or a priestess performing a ritual.

The predynastic period corresponds to the time preceding the unification of Egypt, between the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the Copper Age in the 4th millennium BCE. This era is characterized by the emergence of the first cities, early structures that prefigured Egyptian temples, and images of gods that would become the deities of the Pharaonic era, as well as a stratified society dominated by a priestly caste.

This female figure is reminiscent of statuettes representing the Mother Goddess found in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, such as those from the Cycladic culture in Greece, the Indus Valley, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia, dating between the Neolithic period and the early Metal Ages.