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Gilded wood figure of the Goddess Isis seated on a throne.

Seated Figure of the Goddess Isis

Egyptian

Wooden figure of the goddess Isis seated on a throne. The proper right hand holds the breast, the left arm is extended. This pose suggests that Isis was originally suckling a (now lost) infant Horus seated on her lap. The wooden statuette is entirely gilt (gilding partly refreshed in modern times?), with black paint outlining the eyes. Isis wears a Hathor crown of bronze, consisting of a sundisk between two cow horns.

Gilded wood, with bronze crown

Late Period to Ptolemaic

Sculpture