CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE PECTORAL OF ISIS/HATHOR
CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The goddess's head surmounted by a modius of uraei and a frontal uraeus, the sun disk between cow's horns, traces of gilding, eyes inlaid, 19.5 cm. high; a pair of bronze horns; a Nefertum crown comprising a lotus flower and double plumes; and a janus-headed Hathor headed sistrum fragment, all circa 6th-3rd Century B.C. (4)
CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The goddess's head surmounted by a modius of uraei and a frontal uraeus, the sun disk between cow's horns, traces of gilding, eyes inlaid, 19.5 cm. high; a pair of bronze horns; a Nefertum crown comprising a lotus flower and double plumes; and a janus-headed Hathor headed sistrum fragment, all circa 6th-3rd Century B.C. (4)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
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