Statuette of Isis nursing Horus (missing above the legs), inscribed for Hor son of Padihorresnet, Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 611–594 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze, gilded silver, electrum; separate leaded bronze throne, H. 39.3 × W. 12.3 × D. 18.8 cm (15 1/2 × 4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.), This figure of Isis, now missing all but the lower legs of the nursing figure of the child that was seated on her lap, has an exceptionally fine countenance. The slightly slanted eyes and upturned lips characteristic of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty are combined here with the extended brow and eyelines suitable to a divinity
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Statuette, Isis nursing Horus, missing, legs, inscribed, Hor son, Padihorresnet, Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 611–594 B.C, Egypt, Bronze, gilded silver, electrum, separate leaded bronze throne, H, 39.3, W, 12.3, D, 18.8 cm, 15 1/2, 4 13/16, 7 3/8, figure, Isis, now missing, lower legs, nursing figure, child, seated, lap, exceptionally fine, countenance, slightly slanted, eyes, upturned lips, characteristic, Twenty-sixth Dynasty, combined, extended brow, eyelines suitable, divinity
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