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Statuette of Isis nursing Horus
Egyptian
Late Period–Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic dynast
760–30 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.247
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis bronze statuette depicts the goddess Isis suckling the infant Horus. Isis wears the disc, horns and uraeus. One of the horns and part of the disc are chipped off.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)