A sitting bronze statuette of the goddess Isis nursing her son Horus sitting on her knees. The goddess wears a crown composed of bovine horns and the solar disk, and a uraeus rendered in relief on her forehead. The child Horus wears the tress, a symbol of childhood, on the right side of his head, and also wears the uraeus on his forehead. The feet of the goddess rest on a hollow trapezoidal base with a tenon at the center.
Present location |
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE |
Inventory number |
319 |
Dating |
LATE PERIOD |
Archaeological Site |
UNSPECIFIED |
Category |
FIGURINE/STATUETTE |
Material |
BRONZE |
Technique |
FULL CAST |
Height |
36.9 cm |