Goddess nursing her child

Classification

statuette ; votive offering

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

16 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm

Date

late 5th – early 6th century A.D.

Period

Early Byzantine Period (mid-5th century A.D. – 639)

Material

clay

Iconography

Isis lactans ; nursing ; crown, headdress, hairstyle ; chair/throne

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Rudnyánszky, István Collection

Inventory

84.16.A

ID

Hyp-549

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., in Budapest XII/10 (1974), 27; Török, in BullMusHong 51 (1978), 33–5, fig. 31–33; Bayer-Niemeier 1988, 33, fig. 198; Szilágyi J. Gy. 1988a, 126–127, fig. 124; Török 1993 I, 33–34, G 6; Török 2005a, 138, 143, no. 108; Török 2005b, 164–165, no. 108; Török 2005c, 272–273, fig. 111

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.