Isis Nursing the Child Horus, ca. 664–525 B.C.E. Slate, 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 4.1 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.938E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.938E_threequarter_SL1.jpg)
Isis Nursing the Child Horus, ca. 664–525 B.C.E. Slate, 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 4.1 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.938E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.938E_NegID_Z58_4A_print_bw.jpg)
Isis Nursing the Child Horus, ca. 664–525 B.C.E. Slate, 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 4.1 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.938E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.938E_wwgA-1.jpg)
The Heliopolitan creation myth provided some of the prototypes for Egyptian queenship. Isis, for example, served as the faithful wife and aide of the ruling monarch Osiris and as the mother of the future king Horus.