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Source Description
The surface of this large silver pendant representing the goddess Isis nursing Horus-the-Child has deteriorated. She wears a wig with the "uraeus" over her forehead and a small crown on top of which are horns with a disk in between. There is a large suspension loop behind the headdress.
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Document identity
localId
36963
label
Pendant, Isis with Horus the Child
core
obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
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36963
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pendant, Isis with Horus the Child
description
The surface of this large silver pendant representing the goddess Isis nursing Horus-the-Child has deteriorated. She wears a wig with the "uraeus" over her forehead and a small crown on top of which are horns with a disk in between. There is a large suspension loop behind the headdress.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from pyramids in Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
7th-4th century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
amulets
pendants
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.4
height
1
depth
3.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 15/16 x W: 3/8 x D: 1 5/16 in. (7.42 x 0.97 x 3.36 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
silver cast
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6182
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EGY
JWL
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2513
Page inventory
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photo
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