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Faience figure of Isis and Horus

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Title/s	Faience figure of Isis and Horus
Category	figure
Name	statuette
Description	Isis nursing Horus, seated. Isis wears the throne heiroglyph spelling her name and holds her young son.
Field Collection	Egypt
Dimensions	length 13.5 cm
Period	Ptolemaic period
Date	circa 332 B.C. — 30 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Ricketts and Shannon Collection 1937 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Ashton, S.A. (2004) Roman Egyptomania , London : Golden House Publications (2004) London: Golden House Publications [page: 52 & 53]
Accession Number	E.60.1937 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 53606; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-12)

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Faience figure of Isis and Horus