Figure Item Number: M3.217 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure depicting the seated goddess Isis lactans nursing her son, Horus. Isis wears the Hathor headdress comprised of the solar disk and Hathoric cow horns. Her feet rest on a roughly square platform with a protruding segment extending down from the bottom back of the platform.
Narrative
Collected by H. V. S. Page. Label attached to the original stand said: "Blanchard's Egyptian Museum Cairo - Egypt Bronze Isis & Horus" "Period XXVI-XXX Dynasty, 600-300 years BC, Lower Egypt ... Guaranteed Genuine R.H. Blanchard"
Item History
- Made in Egypt during 301 BCE
- Collected during 1923
- Owned by H. V. S. Page before 1963
- Received from H. V. S. Page (Donor) during 1963
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- M3.217
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- bronze metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast
- Overall
- height 14.0 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Previous Owner
- H. V. S. Page
- Received from
- H. V. S. Page (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
When
- Creation Date
- during 301 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1923
- Ownership Date
- before 1963
- Acquisition Date
- during 1963
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork; carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 101
- Accession Number
- 0100/0008