Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Isis in Lactans Pose
Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 B.C. The goddess modelled seated in anthropomorphic form, nursing her infant son Horus and wearing the horned crown; repaired; mounted on a 1920s type custom-made display stand. Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, London, 2018, p.242, no.349, for similar.
360 grams total, 18 cm including stand (7 1/8 in.).
Acquired 1970s onwards.Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK. Isis was the wife of the god Osiris and the mother of Horus; symbolically she was thus mother to the pharaoh. The abundance of statuettes of Isis in this pose attest to her role as a life-giver and protector in ancient Egyptian belief systems.
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