Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Isis nursing Horus
Description
Faience
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 turquoise statue depicting a seated female figure with a tall headdress.
The artifact is a small turquoise figurine of a seated female figure, possibly a goddess, adorned with a tall, narrow headdress. The figure's posture is regal, sitting upright with hands resting on her lap, a common stance for divine figures in Egyptian art. The composition is typical of faience statuettes, with attention to detail in the headdress and drapery.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
Isis
Materials
faience
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