Object Description
An Ancient Egyptian vivid blue faience amulet, depicting Isis nursing Horus the Child. The goddess is seated on a throne, wearing a tight-fitted garment and a tripartite wig surmounted by a Horned crown, that, by the Late Period, she had adopted from the goddess Hathor. Her facial features have been carefully rendered. Her right hand is placed on her chest, as though baring her breast to the child, and her left supports the body of Horus the Child. Horus, cradled in this embrace, sits in the lap of the goddess. Her feet are firmly planted on the rectangular base of the amulet. She is supported by a rectangular column, perforated near the top for suspension, just behind the crown.
Date: Circa 664-332 BC
Period: Late Period