Object Description
A vibrant Egyptian blue faience amulet featuring the Osirian triad. Three figures are depicted in high relief; the goddess Isis on the left, her son Horus in the centre and the goddess Nepthys on the right. Isis and Nephthys are unclothed however, wearing their attributed headdresses. Isis wears the stepped throne headdress, the same hieroglyphic sign used in her name. Nephthys similarly, is depicted wearing the house and basket headdress, signs which constitute her hieroglyphic name. Both goddesses can be seen clasping the hands of the central figure of Horus. Horus, although depicted slightly larger than the two female figures, can be identified as a child from his sidelock of hair. The three figures are depicted standing on an integral base. The back of the amulet is unadorned and there is a grooved loop for suspension.
Date: 664-332 BC
Period: Late Period