Statuette
Object Number:
E12548
Current Location:
Amarna
Provenience:
Egypt
Period:
Late Period
Date Made:
664-332 BC
Early Date:
-664
Late Date:
-332
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
Isis
Horus
Description:
Bronze statuette of Isis nursing the infant Horus. Isis wears a long, tight-fitting dress and a vulture headdress with uraeus, horns and sun disk.
Height:
40.8cm
Width:
11.5cm
Depth:
15.5cm
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006)
Bibliography:
[Book] Capel, Anne K. and Markoe, Glenn E. Mistress of the House Mistress of the Heaven Women in Ancient Egypt. : Page/Fig./Plate: 126-27/59a
[Book] The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt. : Page/Fig./Plate: 68
[Book] Silverman, David P., et al. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. : Page/Fig./Plate: 36-37, fig.30
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