Isis Nursing Horus

Isis Nursing Horus

Isis helped restore Osiris to life and raised their son Horus to avenge his murder. She was thus seen as a deity with great magical power and came to typify the faithful wife and devoted mother. She is shown here nursing the infant Horus. Her throne sits in the embrace of a vulture, a deity that spreads its wings about mother and child in a gesture of protection.

• Culture: Egyptian
• Medium: Alabaster, bronze
• Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 712-525 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: second half of XXV Dynasty to XXVI Dynasty
• Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period
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