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Source Description
Emphasizing her maternal and nurturing aspects, Isis cups her breast with her right hand, offering it to a now-missing figure of her son, Horus.
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Document identity
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6521
label
Statue of a Seated Isis
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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6521
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object
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normalized
title
Statue of a Seated Isis
description
Emphasizing her maternal and nurturing aspects, Isis cups her breast with her right hand, offering it to a now-missing figure of her son, Horus.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 664-525 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.8
height
5.2
depth
11.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 13/16 × W: 2 1/16 × D: 4 7/16 in. (14.8 × 5.2 × 11.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Saitic
inscriptions
The inscription on the top and sides of the base contains a prayer to Isis. The name of the donor is missing
but his father Pa-shevi-en-Mehet is mentioned.
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
bronze with gold and electrum inlay
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6182
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EGY
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3193
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