Isis is shown enthroned with the child Horus on her lap. She supports his head with her left hand and with her right hand she suckles him. Isis is wearing a close-fitting dress and a long tripartite wig falling onto her breasts and down her back. She wears the uraeus on her forehead and her crown is supported by a calathos shaped as a circle of dressed cobras. The crown is composed of cow's horns with a solar disk. Horus the child (Harpocrates) is represented nude and with the lock of youth which identifies him as a child god. On his forehead is a uraeus whose body curls itself over the top of his head.
Present location |
PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM |
Inventory number |
1201 |
Dating |
30TH DYNASTY (not after); LATE PERIOD; 26TH DYNASTY (not before) |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
FIGURINE/STATUETTE |
Material |
BRONZE |
Technique |
FULL CAST |
Height |
41.3 cm |
Width |
11 cm |
Depth |
18 cm |