Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
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-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small figurine of an ancient Egyptian deity.
This artifact is a statuette depicting an ancient Egyptian deity, possibly featuring the distinctive horns and sun disk commonly associated with Hathor or Isis. The figure appears to be holding an ankh symbol. The overall style is indicative of traditional Egyptian iconography, emphasizing a frontal pose and detailed headdress.
religious
unknown
good
Deities
HathorIsis
Materials
bronze
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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