Isis and Horus

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

664–30 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

Isis with the child Horus on her lap was a frequent subject of small sculpture donated to temples. Wooden examples like this one are rarely preserved because of their susceptibility to ground conditions and white ants, but must have been very numerous.

Isis' eyes were originally inlaid, and the tenon on top of her head would have fitted into a separate crown of probably gilded wood or metal.

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Title: Isis and Horus
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: H. 8.8 × W. 2.8 × D. 3.4 cm (3 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of James Douglas, 1890
Object Number: 90.6.149
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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