Ring Depicting Isis and Horus
Ancient Egyptian
-305–-30
- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- 1.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm (5/8 × 7/8 × 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- ring (jewelry)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Hieroglyphsjewelryfalconsgoldring (jewelry)gods (deities)ptolemaicmother and childancient artgreco-roman (egyptian)costumeegyptiangoddessesancientmetalBeauty
About
One side of this ring bears the title of a priest of Thoeris named Horemakhbit. The other side shows Isis wearing her tall horned headdress and seated on a throne nursing Horus, surrounded by flowers that represent the papyrus marsh in which she sheltered her son. The name Horemakhbit means “Horus in the Marsh”; therefore the image of Isis and Horus is a visual pun of the priest’s name.
