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Source Description
A fragment from a statuette that once showed Isis nursing her divine son, Horus, portrays the goddess in a blue glaze, her hair set off in a deeper hue. The emblem on her head is the hieroglyphic sign for throne. This statuette was probably from the reign of Ptolemy I Soter.
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Document identity
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9671
label
Isis Nursing the Child Horus
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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9671
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object
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normalized
title
Isis Nursing the Child Horus
description
A fragment from a statuette that once showed Isis nursing her divine son, Horus, portrays the goddess in a blue glaze, her hair set off in a deeper hue. The emblem on her head is the hieroglyphic sign for throne. This statuette was probably from the reign of Ptolemy I Soter.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
330-304 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
figurines
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.3
height
2.6
depth
1.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 1/2 in. (6.3 x 2.62 x 1.31 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] throne
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
reign
Ptolemy I Soter (306/4-283/2 BC)
med
Egyptian faience with ligh and dark blue glaze
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6182
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none
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