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Isis Nursing Horus

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 48.1529. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 48.1529
Dynasty: 26th Dynasty
Date: mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)
Date range: 664 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Isis Nursing Horus (48.1529). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220802

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Description

<p>This fragment is the upper portion of a pendant depicting Isis and Harpokrates (Horus the Child), missing the body of Isis below the waist, her left arm, and the child. The suspension loop is located at the midpoint of her back.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1529' rel='external'>Isis Nursing Horus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus Isis Harpocrates

Materials Green Glaze Egyptian Faience

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Walters-AccNum 48.1529 tier-2
Walters-id 33882 tier-2

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