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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BLACK STEATITE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
The seated goddess wearing a modius of uraei surmounted by cow's horns and sun-disc, a tripartite striated wig with frontal uraeus, and a tight-fitted ankle-length dress, Horus seated on her lap, with side-lock of youth, the back-pillar with a hieroglyphic inscription reading,'Recitation by Isis, the great divine mother, gives life to Padihorinu, son of Pakheredenmut, his mother ... '
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
The seated goddess wearing a modius of uraei surmounted by cow's horns and sun-disc, a tripartite striated wig with frontal uraeus, and a tight-fitted ankle-length dress, Horus seated on her lap, with side-lock of youth, the back-pillar with a hieroglyphic inscription reading,'Recitation by Isis, the great divine mother, gives life to Padihorinu, son of Pakheredenmut, his mother ... '
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
French private collection, 1950s-1960s.
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