Isis with Horus figurine; Fayoum; Figurines; Bronze; Isis nursing Horus

Notes:

Moderately good condition with red-cuprite surface. Green and white encrustations on feet and left side of figure. Seated goddess Isis hold Horus on her lap. She wears a simple tunic, bracelets on both arms, a breast-length wig with an uraeus on her forehead and a crown of cow’s horns framing a solar disc. Her right hand is placed under her left breast and her left hand supports the back of the nude Horus, whose hair is gathered into the sidelock of youth.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Fayoum; Figurines; Egypt

Language:

UND

Rights:

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URL:

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-KELSEY-X-0000.00.3130%5D0000_00_3130P05.TIF