Staff finial

Museum number:
5-7346a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Staff finial; (A) Figurine of Isis; solid cast bronze; seated Isis suckling Horus; Isis wears sun disk and uraeus; infant Horus is held on her lap; projection at feet for securing to standard; height 14.7 cm, width 4 cm (B) black painted stand; 8.2 x 4.7 x 7.3 cm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Horus (Egyptian deity), Isis (Egyptian and Roman deity), and Wadjet (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a:— width 35 millimeters, b:— width 50 millimeters, a:— length 55 millimeters, b:— length 77 millimeters, b:— width 85 millimeters, and a:— length 145 millimeters
Loans:
S2008-2009 #10: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (March 31, 2009–April 1, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Staff finial, accession number 5-7346a,b, described as Staff finial; (A) Figurine of Isis; solid cast bronze; seated Isis suckling Horus; Isis wears sun disk and uraeus; infant Horus is held on her lap; projection at feet for securing to standard; height 14.7 cm, width 4 cm (B) black painted stand; 8.2 x 4.7 x 7.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Staff finial, accession number 5-7346a,b, described as Staff finial; (A) Figurine of Isis; solid cast bronze; seated Isis suckling Horus; Isis wears sun disk and uraeus; infant Horus is held on her lap; projection at feet for securing to standard; height 14.7 cm, width 4 cm (B) black painted stand; 8.2 x 4.7 x 7.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Staff finial, accession number 5-7346a,b, described as Staff finial; (A) Figurine of Isis; solid cast bronze; seated Isis suckling Horus; Isis wears sun disk and uraeus; infant Horus is held on her lap; projection at feet for securing to standard; height 14.7 cm, width 4 cm (B) black painted stand; 8.2 x 4.7 x 7.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff finial, accession number 5-7346a,b, described as Staff finial; (A) Figurine of Isis; solid cast bronze; seated Isis suckling Horus; Isis wears sun disk and uraeus; infant Horus is held on her lap; projection at feet for securing to standard; height 14.7 cm, width 4 cm (B) black painted stand; 8.2 x 4.7 x 7.3 cm.

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