DescriptionIsis suckling her baby Horus from Mata´na el-Asfun 09.jpg
English: object type: statue of a deity
- description: the goddess Isis sitting on a block, suckling her baby Horus / Harpokrates (of whom only the left leg is preserved)
- production place: Egypt
- period / date: Roman period, ca. 1st century AD
- material: siltstone (basis: limestone)
- height: 33,9 cm
- findspot: Mata´na el-Asfun
- museum / inventory number: München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 4201
- bibliography: Sylvia Schoske, Dietrich Wildung, Das Münchner Buch der Ägyptischen Kunst, München 2013, 164-168, fig. 137
- Please note: The above museum permits photography of its exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes. If you intend to use the photo for any commercial aime, please contact the museum and ask for permission.
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.