Statuette of Isis and Horus
Unknown Artist
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE
Medium
bronze, solid cast
Dimensions
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Classification
Sculpture
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee
Accession Number
1993.110
About this artwork
This statuette of Isis and Horus is a better than average example of an extremely common type. Isis offers her breast to her son Horus, who is seated on her lap. With her left hand she cradles the young god, while with her right she clasps her left breast. She wears a striated divine wig, vulture headdress, and uraeus, the details of which are finely incised. Above her are the modius, cow's horns, and a sun disk.Horus sits at a right angle to his mother, his arms at his side. He wears the sidelo...