Caption

Figurine of the goddess Isis nursing Horus, Isis mythology, Horus mythology, uraeus, hieroglyphs, goddesses, Egyptian deities, Egyptian art, Egyptian sculpture. The figurine depicts a seated Isis with the child Horus on her lap. Isis supports Horus with her left hand and offers him her breast with her right. Isis is dressed in a narrow, close-fitting robe. On her head is a fragment of the base of a crown. Horus is naked; he wears a neck ornament, and his head is adorned with a lock of youth hanging from the right side and a uraeus placed above his forehead. On the base of the figurine is a hieroglyphic votive text. 525–343 BC; Late Period, 27th–30th Dynasty, Egypt. Sculpture. Height 21.7 cm, width 7 cm, depth 10.5 cm, weight 1.22 kg., A small sculptural object shown from the back, made of rough textured dark brown metal with some lighter brown highlights, featuring a tall pointed head or hood and a torso with rounded shoulders and short bent arms; the figure sits on a narrow seat with a limb extending down and a small foot visible, and it rests on a translucent clear support that shows a darker rectangular base beneath it; the background is a uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_276

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.2Mb (2.4Mb) / 10.5in x 20.0in / 3159 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine goddess Isis nursing Horus Isis mythology Horus mythology uraeus hieroglyphs goddesses Egyptian deities Egyptian art Egyptian sculpture figurine depicts seated Isis child Horus lap Isis supports Horus left hand offers breast right Isis dressed narrow close-fitting robe head fragment base crown Horus naked wears neck ornament adorned lock youth hanging right side uraeus placed forehead figurine hieroglyphic votive text 525–343 Bc Late Period 27th–30th Dynasty Egypt Sculpture Height 21.7 cm width 7 cm depth 10.5 cm weight 1.22 kg small sculptural object shown back rough textured dark brown metal lighter brown highlights featuring tall pointed hood torso rounded shoulders short bent arms figure sits narrow seat limb extending down small foot visible rests translucent clear support darker rectangular base beneath background uniform light gray.