Isis Nursing Horus in the Brooklyn Museum, March 2010

Statue of Isis Holding the Child Horus

The Heliopolitan creation myth provided some of the prototypes for Egyptian queenship. Isis, for example, served as the faithful wife and aide of the ruling monarch Osiris and as the mother of the future king Horus.

Medium: Slate

Place Found: Saqqara, Egypt

Dates: ca. 664-525 B.C.E.

Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty

Period: Late Period

Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 4.1 x 10.8 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is not on view

Accession Number: 37.938E

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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