Isis and Horus (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Egyptian artists often showed Isis nursing her child. Her headdress, ornamented with the cow horns and solar disk of the mother-goddess Hathor, emphasizes Isis’s role as mother.
Dynasties 26-30
Late Period
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