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Faience figure of Isis and Horus: E.60.1937

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Faience figure of Isis and Horus

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Description

Isis nursing Horus, seated. Isis wears the throne heiroglyph spelling her name and holds her young son.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Length: 13.5 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Ptolemaic Period
Circa -0332 - Circa -0030

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.60.1937
Primary reference Number: 53606
Oldadmincategory: FG
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 June 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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