Statuette of Isis and Horus, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–200 BC, From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Blue faience, H. 12.9 × W. 3.7 × D. 7.2 cm (5 1/16 × 1 7/16 × 2 13/16 in.), The child Horus is missing, but the smiling figure of his mother Isis is preserved. On her head she wears the customary hieroglyph for her name over a vulture cap and an echolonned wig. Her nurturing breasts are round and prominent as is characteristic of the Ptolemaic Period
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Statuette, Isis, Horus, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–200 BC, Egypt, Memphite Region, Memphis, Mit Rahina, Blue faience, H, 12.9, W, 3.7, D, 7.2 cm, 5 1/16, 1 7/16, 2 13/16, child, missing, smiling figure, mother Isis, preserved, head, wears, customary hieroglyph, name, vulture cap, echolonned wig, nurturing breasts, round, prominent, characteristic, Ptolemaic
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