Isis nursing Horus ca. 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period Isis nursing her son Horus is one of the most popular images of this protective goddess. This beautiful small figurine depicts her seated on a throne. She wears a long, tight-fitting dress under which her long and slim legs and full breasts are clearly modelled. On her chest is a broad collar with several rows of beads. Her long tripartite wig is partially covered by a vulture headdress that includes either a vulture head or a uraeus at the brow of the goddess. The additional tall headdress on top of Isis head depicts a stylized throne that is also used as a hieroglyph and signifies her name. With her right hand Isis grasps the front of her left breast and offers it to her child. Only a small section of her upper left arm is preserved, but from similar pieces we know that it would have supported her son. The top half of the naked boy is missing. He sits side-ways on the lap of his mother with his legs side by side and his

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Isis nursing Horus ca. 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period Isis nursing her son Horus is one of the most popular images of this protective goddess. This beautiful small figurine depicts her seated on a throne. She wears a long, tight-fitting dress under which her long and slim legs and full breasts are clearly modelled. On her chest is a broad collar with several rows of beads. Her long tripartite wig is partially covered by a vulture headdress that includes either a vulture head or a uraeus at the brow of the goddess. The additional tall headdress on top of Isis head depicts a stylized throne that is also used as a hieroglyph and signifies her name. With her right hand Isis grasps the front of her left breast and offers it to her child. Only a small section of her upper left arm is preserved, but from similar pieces we know that it would have supported her son. The top half of the naked boy is missing. He sits side-ways on the lap of his mother with his legs side by side and his

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