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| Keywords: Egyptian - Isis nursing Horus - Walters 42346 - Top.jpg A lapis lazuli amulet representing the goddess Isis seated on a throne decorated with a scale pattern She holds her left breast and raises the head of infant Horus on her lap The broad face and squat proportions may indicate an early date The back is perforated at shoulder level between 1550 1069 BC New Kingdom lapis lazuli cm 3 58 1 25 1 79 accession number 42 346 2088 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Isis Lactans Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
