Isis Nursing the Child Horus
Description
Object Label: The Heliopolitan creation myth provided some of the prototypes for Egyptian queenship. Isis, for example, served as the faithful wife and aide of the ruling monarch Osiris and as the mother of the future king Horus. Caption: Isis Nursing the Child Horus, ca. 664–525 B.C.E.. Slate, 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 4.1 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.938E. (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 seated statue of a woman with a child on her lap.
The artifact is a statue depicting a seated woman with an elaborate headdress, holding a child on her lap. The style suggests careful attention to detail, particularly in the headdress and facial features of the figures. The base contains hieroglyphic inscriptions, indicative of its cultural and historical significance.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.938E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4113 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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