Isis is the archetypal mother giving birth to Horus. Her emblem is a throne. For some barely understandable reasons Isis is confused with Isis-Hathor in numerous museum examples, including in the British Museum, the MET and Le Louvre. Position on mummies: upper torso. Highly common amulets of Isis were made in various materials since the New Kingdom, Ramesside Period
Blue glaze
H 4.3, W 0.9, D 1.4
Ptolemaic Period
MET #26.7.883
Gold H 3.1, W 1.4, T 0.4
Undated © Musée du
Louvre/Antiquités
égyptiennes #AF 6974
Blue/violet glass flat back
no suspension hole
H 5.6, W 1.1, D 0.9
Ptolemaic Period2
Private collection DA
References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt 1994, p. 48 and Fig. 52a
2For a close parallel see LDUCE-UC #22588