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| Keywords: Egyptian - Triad of Isis, Nephthys, and Harpocrates - Walters 481674 - Back.jpg Pendants with representations of single gods or groups of deities were popular in the 1st millennium BC This triad displays the juvenile god Harpocrates in the center depicted as a nude boy with a side-lock and uraeus-serpent above his forehead To his right his mother Isis is depicted and to his left is Nephthys The two goddesses have the hieroglyphic signs which represent their names as crowns on their heads; for Isis it is the throne and for Nephthys the combination of a temple with a basket The three figures are formed half in the round; they have a rectangular backplate and base The relationship between these three deities is an important part of the Osiris and Horus myth Both female goddesses protect the juvenile god of kingship Horus against the attacks of his powerful uncle Seth the god of the wild and uncontrolled nature who tries to gain control of the universe The small group is part of a set of nearly identical amulets together with Walters 48 1673 48 1675-80 Such amulet groups were placed on the mummy between the wrappings between 400 250 BC Late Period-early Greco-Roman Egyptian faience with green glaze cm 3 28 1 84 0 25 accession number 48 1674 27828 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Daily Magic in Ancient Egypt The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2007 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
