Statuette of Isis nursing Horus (missing above the legs), inscribed for Hor son of Padihorresnet
The decoration of the figure is unusual. Gilded-silver inlaid bands were hammered into the recess between the horns and the sun disk on both sides, and the whites of the eyes are gilded silver or electrum, from which much of the gold surface has been abraded.
Artwork Details
- Title: Statuette of Isis nursing Horus (missing above the legs), inscribed for Hor son of Padihorresnet
- Period: Late Period, Saite
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26
- Reign: reign of Necho II
- Date: 610–595 BCE
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Bronze, gilded silver, electrum; separate leaded bronze throne
- Dimensions: H. 39.3 × W. 12.3 × D. 18.8 cm (15 1/2 × 4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line: GIft of David Dows, 1945
- Object Number: 45.4.3a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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