figurine of breastfeeding Isis
An item at Louvre
breastfeeding of the child god; Isis (seated, robe, uraeus, breastfeeding); Harpocrates (child god, seated, naked, lock of hair of childhood); missing crown Decoration: plumage (on 3 sides of the seat)
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).