Editing Isis (section)

===Iconography===
[[File:Queen Nefertari being led by Isis MET DP167142.jpg|thumb|Queen [[Nefertari]] being led by Isis]]
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In [[art of ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian art]], Isis was most commonly depicted as a woman with the typical attributes of a goddess: a sheath dress, a staff of papyrus in one hand, and an ''[[ankh]]'' sign in the other. Her original headdress was the throne sign used in writing her name. She and Nephthys often appear together, particularly when mourning Osiris's death, supporting him on his throne, or protecting the [[sarcophagi]] of the dead. In these situations their arms are often flung across their faces, in a gesture of mourning, or outstretched around Osiris or the deceased as a sign of their protective role.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2003|pp=148–149, 160}} In these circumstances they were often depicted as [[kite (bird)|kites]] or women with the wings of kites. This form may be inspired by a similarity between the kites' calls and the cries of wailing women,{{sfn|Griffiths|1980|pp=49–50}} or by a metaphor likening the kite's search for carrion to the goddesses' search for their dead brother.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2003|pp=148–149, 160}} Isis sometimes appeared in other animal forms: as a sow, representing her maternal character; as a [[cattle in religion and mythology|cow]], particularly when linked with Apis; or as a scorpion.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2003|pp=148–149, 160}} She also took the form of a tree or a woman emerging from a tree, sometimes offering food and water to deceased souls. This form alluded to the maternal nourishment she provided.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2003|pp=168–169}}

Beginning in the New Kingdom, thanks to the close links between Isis and Hathor, Isis took on Hathor's attributes, such as a [[sistrum]] rattle and a headdress of cow horns enclosing a sun disk. Sometimes both headdresses were combined, so the throne glyph sat atop the sun disk.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2003|pp=148–149, 160}} In the same era, she began to wear the insignia of a human queen, such as a vulture-shaped crown on her head and the royal [[uraeus]], or rearing cobra, on her brow.{{sfn|Troy|1986|pp=68–70}} In Ptolemaic and Roman times, statues and figurines of Isis often showed her in a [[ancient Greek sculpture|Greek sculptural style]], with attributes taken from Egyptian and Greek tradition.{{sfn|Frankfurter|1998|pp=102–103}}{{sfn|Bianchi|2007|pp=493–494}} Some of these images reflected her linkage with other goddesses in novel ways. Isis-Thermuthis, a combination of Isis and Renenutet who represented agricultural fertility, was depicted in this style as a woman with the lower body of a snake. Figurines of a woman wearing an elaborate headdress and [[anasyrma|exposing her genitals]] may represent Isis-Aphrodite.{{sfn|Frankfurter|1998|p=104}}{{refn|group="Note"|These figurines, which were common in Roman Egypt, are often thought to depict Isis or Hathor combined with Aphrodite, but it is not even certain that they represent a goddess.{{sfn|Sandri|2012|pp=637–638}} The exposed genitals may represent fertility{{sfn|Frankfurter|1998|p=104}} or be meant to ward off evil.{{sfn|Sandri|2012|pp=637–638}} }}

The ''[[tyet]]'' symbol, a looped shape similar to the ''ankh'', came to be seen as Isis's emblem at least as early as the New Kingdom, though it existed long before.{{sfn|Hart|2005|p=80}} It was often made of red [[jasper]] and likened to Isis's blood. Used as a funerary [[amulet]], it was said to confer her protection on the wearer.{{sfn|Andrews|2001|p=80}}

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File:Isis (goddess).png|An illustration of Isis based on a painting in the tomb of [[Seti I]]
File:Flickr - schmuela - IMG 6672.jpg|alt=Relief of a woman in Egyptian clothing with an elaborate headdress|Isis with a combination of throne-glyph and cow horns, as well as a vulture headdress, [[Temple of Kalabsha]], first century BCE or first century CE
File:Sarcophage de Ramsès III (Louvre, D 1) - Largeur coté sud cropped and sharpened.jpg|alt=Relief of a woman kneeling on a stool and spreading her arms, to which wings are attached|Winged Isis at the foot of the sarcophagus of [[Ramesses III]], twelfth century BCE
File:Philae Temple Egypt Goddess Isis As Angel Mural Artwork 2004-10-11.jpg|A relief of winged Isis from the [[Philae temple complex|Philae Temple]]
File:ThebanTomb335.png|alt=Fresco of a mummy lying on a bier. Women stand at the head and foot of the bier, while a winged woman kneels in the register above|Isis, left, and [[Nephthys]] stand by as [[Anubis]] embalms the deceased, thirteenth century BCE. A winged Isis appears at top.
File:Isis with Serpent Tail LACMA M.80.202.222.jpg|alt=Statue of a snake with the upper torso and head of a woman|Figurine of Isis-Thermuthis, second century CE
File:Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig 206.jpg|alt=Statue of a woman with a very tall headdress lifting her dress up to the hips|Figurine possibly of Isis-[[Aphrodite]], second or first century BCE
File:Tit (Isis knot) amulet MET DP109370.jpg|alt=A red stone amulet shaped like a column with a looped top and two loops hanging at the sides|A ''[[tyet]]'' amulet, fifteenth or fourteenth century BCE 
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