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Statuette of Isis Nursing Infant Horus (Harpokrates)

Made By Egyptian, anonymous
CultureEgyptian; Greek
DateEarly Ptolemaic Period (c. 310 BC - 200 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty
PeriodEarly Ptolemaic
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 8 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. (22.7 x 5.6 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Mayer
Terms
  • Isis
  • Horus
  • goddess
  • Religion
  • votive
  • gods
  • Harpokrates
Object number56.11
DescriptionThis hollow cast, votive statuette depicts the fertility goddess, Isis, suckling the infant Horus. She wears a shear dress, divine wig and vulture headdress with uraeus; on top of her head are a modius, solar-disk and cow's horns. Statuettes of this type were first produced en masse in the Late Period, and remained popular into Ptolemaic and Roman times.
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