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The wife and sister of the resurrection god Osiris, crowned with cow's horns and sun disc, her son Harpocrates her breast. The cult of Isis spread throughout the Mediterranean and reached by Roman soldiers, even the northern border of the empire in Germany. In Christian iconography, this group is the immediate example of the Nursing Madonna with the baby Jesus.
Original: National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Egyptian Museum. Egypt, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, ca. 660-340 v. Chr. Fine patinated metal casting, height with base 24 cm.
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