EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF ISIS LACTANS

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Late Period to Roman Period, Ca. 664 BC - AD 200. A faience amulet depicting Isis seated on a rectangular throne, holding the infant Horus across her torso. The goddess wears a tripartite wig surmounted by a sun disc between wide horns. The throne is decorated with crosshatched ornament on the sides. The reverse has a flat back pillar pierced for suspension. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2021.41.31. Size: 45mm x 20mm; Weight: 8.7g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with H. Smeets collection, Netherlands, late 1980s.

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