Amulet of the Goddess Isis Nursing the God Horus

third intermediate periodegyptianancientkushiteamuletstone

Date

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25 (about 747–656 BCE)

Medium

Hematite

Dimensions

4 × 1.6 × 2.5 cm (1/16 × 5/8 × 1 in.); 4 × 1.6 × 2.5 cm (1/16 × 5/8 × 1 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry H. Getty, and Norman W. Harris

Also notable

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Amulet of the Goddess Nephthys

Egyptian

Funerary Papyrus of Tayuhenutmut

Egyptian; probably Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt