figurine, Isis with Horus / Bronze / Copper / Gilding

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Object Identifier
0000.00.4674
Object Name
figurine, Isis with Horus
Object Type
Figurines
Materials
Bronze
Copper
Gilding
Length
;
Width
;
Height
9.9 cm;
Thickness
;
Weight
;101.8 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Bronze figurine in fair condition. Isis is seated with Horus in her lap. She offers him her breast. She is wearing the horns and solar disk of Hathor. Green crystalline corrosion, some encrusted dirt.
Subjects
Isis nursing Horus
Earliest Date
332 BCE
Latest Date
200
Verbatim Date
332 BC-200 AD
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions
Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity
The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse
Exhibition Curator
Richards, Janet
Wilfong, Terry
Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year
1995
Publication Title
A Statuette of Isis and Harpocrates in the Kelsey Museum
Preserving eternity: modern goals, ancient intentions. Egyptian funerary artifacts in the Kelsey Museum of Archaelogy
The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
Publication Author
Rubin, Benjamin
Richards, Janet E. and Wilfong, Terry G.
Publication Year
2001
1995
2000
Class Title
Sacred Places
Mythology and Literature of Ancient Mesopotamia
Mythology of the Ancient Near East
Sacred Places (W2019)
Rome (W2019)
Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2019)
Anthropology and Middle East Studies Workshop
Race and Identity in Ancient Roman Tombs (W2019)
Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2020)
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2020)
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2022)
Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2022)
Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2023)
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2023)
Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2024)
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2024)
Class Instructor
Gruber, Christiane
Crisostomo, Jay
Beckman, Gary
Bonnell-Freidin, Anna
Ikram, Salima
Barham, Nicola
Davis, Katherine
Richards, Janet
Katherine Davis
Class Department
History of Art
Near Eastern Studies
NEAREAST
HISTART
HISTORY
MIDEAST
Class Number
205.001
443.001
239
201
341.001
394.001
338
341
Class Year
2017
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024
Class Semester
Winter
Fall
Type Category
Artifact

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Record
0000.00.4674
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4674/0000_00_4674p03.tif

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"figurine, Isis with Horus; Bronze; Copper; Gilding." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4674/0000_00_4674p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
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