Statuette of Isis nursing Horus (missing above the legs), inscribed for Hor son of Padihorresnet 611-594 B.C. Late Period, Saite This figure of Isis, now missing all but the lower legs of the nursing figure of the child that was seated on her lap, has an exceptionally fine countenance. The slightly slanted eyes and upturned lips characteristic of the 26th Dynasty are combined here with the extended brow and eyelines suitable to a divinity. The goddess wears the horned headdress that by the Late Period she had adopted from the goddess Hathor as well as the vulture cap that emphasized the maternal role of goddesses. The small base under her feet bears an inscription asking that "great Isis" give life, prosperity, and health to the "Chamberlain of the Divine Consort, Hor, son of the Prince, Count, Overseer of Upper Egypt, Overseer of the Great House of the Divine Consort, Padihorresnet." Although Hor is not well known, his father, Padihorresnet, was the highest official of Nitocris, the G

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Statuette of Isis nursing Horus (missing above the legs), inscribed for Hor son of Padihorresnet 611-594 B.C. Late Period, Saite This figure of Isis, now missing all but the lower legs of the nursing figure of the child that was seated on her lap, has an exceptionally fine countenance. The slightly slanted eyes and upturned lips characteristic of the 26th Dynasty are combined here with the extended brow and eyelines suitable to a divinity. The goddess wears the horned headdress that by the Late Period she had adopted from the goddess Hathor as well as the vulture cap that emphasized the maternal role of goddesses. The small base under her feet bears an inscription asking that "great Isis" give life, prosperity, and health to the "Chamberlain of the Divine Consort, Hor, son of the Prince, Count, Overseer of Upper Egypt, Overseer of the Great House of the Divine Consort, Padihorresnet." Although Hor is not well known, his father, Padihorresnet, was the highest official of Nitocris, the G

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