Ancient Egytptian Art…meaning?

Im doing a project for school and i would like to know what the picture below means. From previous experience i know Isis( goddess of magic), and i think hathor( goddess of love) are both in this picture. If anyone knows whats going on in this art piece, what is isis doing, and why…thank you

I agree with you that the image is Hathor. It appears as though Isis is honoring Hathor. At some point in Egyptian history Isis and Hathor merged to be one.

http://www.nethelper.com/article/Isis

Here is another picture of a seated Hathor being presented with offerings: http://www.peggycarey.com/images/EgyptOils2.jpg

This is a close-up of Hathor:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dgoddess%2Bhathor%26rs%3D0%26fr%3Dchr-yie8%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=600&h=714&imgurl=www.wulflund.com%2Fimages_items%2Fgoddess-hathor_3.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wulflund.com%2Fsculptures%2Fegypt&size=59k&name=GODDESS+HATHOR&p=goddess+hathor&oid=40de70d3dd327148&fr2=tab-web&no=3&tt=8141&sigr=118282jtm&sigi=11icqengn&sigb=12qiq7jbk

Another picture of Isis:

http://www.znanje.org/i/i25/05iv02/05iv0211/ISIS.jpg

Here is your picture with Isis on the left, Hathor on the right:

http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/isis.jpg

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