BLUE GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF ISIS SUCKLING HORUS

BLUE GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF ISIS SUCKLING HORUS

Isis with hieroglyph for her name on her head, suckling infant Horus, propped up by her left hand, seated on throne decorated with cross-hatching in relief

Ex priv. coll. H. Z., Netherlands, acq. PAN fair 1999
H. 3,9 cm. Intact, pierced for wearing

Late Period – Ptolemaic Period, 6th – 3rd cent. BC

Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London 1994, p. 22 no. 18b