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Ptolemaic Period
Isis with her son Horus seated on her lap is sculpted here in a marble with a distinctive bluish cast. It is notable that dense whitish stones are popular choices for statuettes of the goddess and her son. The statuette fits into a separate ancient base of limestone.
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Title: Isis with Horus
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Statue: marble; Base: limestone
Dimensions:
H. 19.9 × W. 5.1 × D. 10.4 cm (7 13/16 × 2 × 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1979
Object Number: 1979.180a, b
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