New Kingdom Faience Amulet of Isis and Horus - PF.4423 - For Sale

New Kingdom Faience Amulet of Isis and Horus - PF.4423
Price: $800.00
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC
Collection: Egyptian
Style: New Kingdom
Medium: Faience
This charming amulet is in the form of a seated statuette of the goddess Isis. On her head is a sun disc surrounded by a pair of cow horns. She holds the infant god Horus, who nurses at her breast. In Egyptian myth, Isis is the sister and spouse of Osiris. They are descended from the sun god re through the Heliopolitan ennead. The child of Isis and Osiris, Horus, was embodied in the pharaoh. According to the myth, Seth, the brother of Horus, murdered his father Osiris. In one version, the pieces of Osiris's body were buried throughout Egypt. Isis searched for them and reunited the pieces. The union between Isis and the deceased Osiris produced the child Horus. The living king was identified with Horus, but when he died, he was identified with Osiris, who was king of the netherworld. The deceased king's successor then became the Horus. - (PF.4423)

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Barakat Gallery
405 North Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills
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Phone : 310.859.8408

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