Statuette of Isis and Horus Egyptian, Ptolemaic period (332–30 B.C.)Medium: Faience Descr
Statuette of Isis and Horus Egyptian, Ptolemaic period (332–30 B.C.)Medium: Faience Description: This piece of faience sculpture joins the tradition of pharaonic Egypt with the artistic style of the Ptolemaic period. On the goddess’s head is the throne hieroglyph that represents her name. She also wears a vulture head-covering reserved for queens and goddesses. Following ancient conventions for indicating childhood, Horus is naked and wears a single lock of hair on the right side of his head. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- source link
Tumblr Blog : historyfilia.tumblr.com
#history#ancient history#ancient egypt#egypt#egyptian#the met