U43

Egyptian faience Isis and Horus amulet

A dark blue glazed faience amulet in the form of the goddess Isis nursing the child Horus.

Egypt, 1st Millennium BC

Crown lost otherwise intact

Size: 2.4 x 1.4 cms
 

Ex. collection: C. R. Stone, UK; acquired around Heliopolis in Egypt during the early 1940's. Mr. Stone was attached to the intelligence division of the Royal Air Force and based in Egypt for a large part of World War II.