Amulet of the Goddess Isis Nursing the God Horus

Creator Name

Egyptian;
Ancient Egyptian

Cultural Context

Date

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25 (about 747–656 BCE)

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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Title

Amulet of the Goddess Isis Nursing the God Horus

Creator

Egyptian;
Ancient Egyptian

Worktype

Costume and Accessories; amulet; stone; jewelry; ancient art; costume

Cultural Context

Material

Hematite; hematite

Dimensions

4 × 1.6 × 2.5 cm (1/16 × 5/8 × 1 in.); 4 × 1.6 × 2.5 cm (1/16 × 5/8 × 1 in.)

Technique

carving

Language

Date

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25 (about 747–656 BCE)

Provenance

Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry H. Getty, and Norman W. Harris; Émile Brugsch (1842-1930), Bulaq Museum and Egyptian Antiquities Service, Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1892; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1892.

Style Period

third intermediate period; egyptian; ancient; kushite; twenty-fifth dynasty

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Egypt

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Subjects

nursing (breast feeding); goddesses; gods (deities)

Topic

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