<em>Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus</em>, 305–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (16 × 4.2 × 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.534E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.534E_view01.jpg)

Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus, 305–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (16 × 4.2 × 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.534E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.534E_view01.jpg)

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Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze

Place Made: Egypt

DATES 305–30 B.C.E.

PERIOD Ptolemaic Period

DIMENSIONS 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (16 × 4.2 × 5.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.534E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION One bronze seated figure of Isis. She seated without seat and missing nursing infant Horus. She wears lappet wig with vulture headdress, circular frieze from which spring cow’s horns and sun disc. Condition: The surface is black/Cu. The tip of the horn of the solar disk is broken off. The plinth underfoot is deteriorated along the front and right hand edge. Lead salts are evident along the front and on the solar disc. The surface is very pitted and distressed. Solid cast.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus, 305–30 B.C.E. Bronze, 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (16 × 4.2 × 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.534E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.534E_view01.jpg)

IMAGE overall, color, CUR.37.534E_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022

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