Egyptian Faience Isis & Horus Pendant w/ Inscription

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 27th to 29th Dynasty, ca. 525 to 380 BCE. A gorgeous faience amulet depicting the goddess Isis seated on a throne while nursing her infant son Horus. Isis, the goddess of magic and healing, holds her right hand up to her left breast to suckle her child. She also wears an ankle-length skirt, a striated wig with a frontal uraeus cobra, and a Hathoric crown with a pair of bull horns, a sun disc, and 10 additional uraei above. Above the dorsal pillar is a narrow suspension perforation, and a hieroglyphic inscription down the pillar reads, "Words said by Isis, mother of the God." Size: 0.65" W x 2.7" H (1.7 cm x 6.9 cm)

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 26.7.867

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896

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Condition Report: Light encrustations and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to some figural details as well as hieroglyphs along dorsal pillar. Old mounting adhesive from old display beneath base.