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"Isis with Horus" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.180a, b)

Ancient Egyptian Art

A marble statue on a limestone base, Ptolemaic Period, 332 to 30 BCE, showing the goddess Isis seated with her infant son Horus on her lap, an image of protection and rebirth carried into the Ptolemaic period from long Egyptian tradition. The Metropolitan Museum's own title and its own object name both name Isis and Horus directly. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1979.180a, b, Egyptian Art department, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1979.

Facts
Classification
Object Type
Sculpture or Statuary 1
Medium (class)
Sculpture 1
Custody
Current Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1
Physical Form
Medium
Marble, limestone base 1
Connections

Associated With

Horus, Deities

This source names Horus directly: "Isis seated with her infant son Horus on her lap, an image of protection and rebirth carried into the Ptolemaic period from long Egyptian tradition."

Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Isis, Deities

This source names Isis directly: "332 to 30 BCE, showing the goddess Isis seated with her infant son Horus on her lap, an image of protection and rebirth carried into the Ptolemaic period from long Egyptian tradition."

Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Ancient Egyptian Religion, Religions
Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Horus, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Isis with Horus," and its own object name, "Statue, Isis, Horus," name the infant god outright, seated on his mother's lap.

Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Isis, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Isis with Horus," and its own object name, "Statue, Isis, Horus," name the goddess outright.

Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Originated In

Egypt, Regions
Source "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. "Isis with Horus," accession 1979.180a, b (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 1979.180a, b
    Period: Ptolemaic Period. Medium: Statue: marble; Base: limestone. Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1979.
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A marble statue on a limestone base, Ptolemaic Period, 332 to 30 BCE, showing the goddess Isis seated with her infant son Horus on her lap, an image of protection and rebirth carried into the Ptolemaic period from long Egyptian tradition.
  • Originated In: Egypt, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
    Egypt
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