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Figurine of Isis with child Horus
Egyptian
Greco-Roman Period
399–300 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 3 x 6cm (5 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 2 3/8in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number1971.645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionTwo-color faience statuette of Isis nursing the infant Horus. The upper part of Horus's body is now missing, as are Isis's arms. An unusually large example of this type of figurine in faience. The hard faience is characteristic of the last dynasties and the first part of the Ptolemaic Period. The throne of the goddess has incised details and the heraldic plants symbolizing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt are indicated on the back. The emblem on the head of Isis is an archaic throne which serves as the hieroglyph for her name.
ProvenanceBy 1971, with Charles D. Kelekian, New York; purchased by the MFA from Charles D. Kelekian, December 8, 1971.