WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · figurine
Isis Nursing the Child Horus
Description
<p>A fragment from a statuette that once showed Isis nursing her divine son, Horus, portrays the goddess in a blue glaze, her hair set off in a deeper hue. The emblem on her head is the hieroglyphic sign for throne. This statuette was probably from the reign of Ptolemy I Soter.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1533' rel='external'>Isis Nursing the Child Horus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small Egyptian faience figure shows a crowned female deity nursing or holding an infant on her lap, with blue and light-blue glaze forming the modeling.
The object is a vertically oriented, molded faience figurine with a smooth rectangular top and a rounded, seated body beneath. The figure has a stylized human face with almond-shaped eyes and a serene expression, wearing a head covering or headdress that appears as a dark-blue band/stripe around the sides of the head. The torso is modeled in light-blue glaze, while dark-blue glaze emphasizes outlines and areas of the headdress/shoulders. The infant appears as a smaller, light-blue form held close to the chest/lap area, consistent with a nursing scene. No readable hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or accompanying text is visible in the image. The visible surface shows color variation typical of glazed ceramic (light/dark blues) with minor chips/irregularities on edges.
religious
unknown
good
Deities
Isis (implied by catalogue title)Horus (child, implied by catalogue title)
Materials
Egyptian faienceblue glazedark blue glaze
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] throne
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 48.1533 tier-2
- Walters-id 9671 tier-2
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