C. 664 332 BC – Late Period

A green glazed faience amulet depicting the Osirian triad consisting of Isis, Horus and Nebhat (Nephthys), the goddesses as protectresses standing side by side holding hands. Horus is slightly taller than the others and is identified with his sidelock and stands nude in the centre, flanked by his mother Isis on the right and his aunt on the left, Nephthys. Isis wears a stepped throne hieroglyph on her head, and Nephthys is identified by her headdress consisting of the two hieroglyphic components of her name.

These amulets would have been placed on the lower torso of the deceased, as both Nepthys and Isis were protectors of the dead.

Isis was one of the chief deities who was called the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. She was worshiped as the goddess of fertility and appears to have represented nature or the earth.

Nepthys, goddess of the dead, darkness and protector of souls.

Crude detail with nice colour.

Ref: Similar example in The National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 56.21.133

Provenance: Ex John Waring Collection, collected in the 1980’s onwards.

Size: 23mm height x 19mm width