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Isis Nursing Harpocrates

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Accession: 48.1526
Dynasty: 26th Dynasty
Date: 663-525 BC (Late Period)
Date range: 663 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Isis Nursing Harpocrates (48.1526). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220752

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<p>Isis was a goddess of kingship and magical power. Images of her as a nursing mother were believed to protect women and children.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1526' rel='external'>Isis Nursing Harpocrates</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Isis Harpocrates

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Walters-AccNum 48.1526 tier-2
Walters-id 16698 tier-2

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