Pendant of Isis

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description A cast silver pendant representing the goddess Isis nursing Horus (now missing). The tips of the horns above her crown are also missing. There is a large loop above the headdress.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/05/1977	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from the pyramids in Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

11th-4th century BC (Third Intermediate-Late Period)

Medium

cast silver
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.1426

Measurements

H: 1 5/8 x W: 7/16 x D: 5/8 in. (4.18 x 1.12 x 1.66 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View