Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus
Description
Caption: Statuette of Isis Seated Nursing the Child Horus, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (16 × 4.2 × 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.534E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small bronze statuette of a seated female deity holding a child, shown in a nursing/holding pose associated with Isis and Horus.
The image shows a small, dark bronze figurine standing upright (likely originally seated but photographed from a top/broadside view). The figure has a stylized headdress with a central projection and a necklace collar. The female figure holds a small child figure against her body at arm level; the child has a rounded head and appears supported by the mother’s arms. The mother’s legs and feet are separated and rendered in simplified, rounded forms, while the child’s body is correspondingly compact. No clear inscription is visible on the front or base in this image. No distinct cartouche or royal names can be confirmed. The overall style suggests a late Egyptian/Ptolemaic cultic statuette type, consistent with Isis as caregiver of Horus, though exact attributes cannot be fully verified from the single photo.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.534E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117177 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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