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Source Description

This calcite-alabaster, travertine statue depicts Isis with the child Horus. Isis has a uraeus on her forehead and a long wig and the original crown is missing. She wears a collar. Her upper left arm is broken off.

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Document identity
localId
39651
label
Isis with Child Horus
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
39651
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Isis with Child Horus
description
This calcite-alabaster, travertine statue depicts Isis with the child Horus. Isis has a uraeus on her forehead and a long wig and the original crown is missing. She wears a collar. Her upper left arm is broken off.
provenance
Carmichael [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Carmichael Catalogue, 1926, p. 22, no. 231] (?); Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th-9th century BCE (Late New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate Period)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.5
height
1.7
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 9/16 x W: 11/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (6.48 x 1.72 x 4.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
calcite-alabaster, travertine
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
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