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| Keywords: Egyptian - Triad of Isis, Horus and Nephthys - Walters 481678 - Back.jpg One of several light blue faience beads of crude workmanship Because the beads appear to have been created in the same shop they have been strung together From left to right are Horus wearing a disk two plaques with Horus-the-Child flanked by Isis and Nephthys Thoth Horus in double crown Nephthys Shu god of the atmosphere Nephthys Horus with disk Thoth two plaques Horus-the-Child between Nephthys and Isis and Khnum The figures are pierced at shoulder height through a back pillar against which they stand The plaques have pierced flat bands protruding from them Amulets such as these were an important part of funerary equipment and the position in which some of them were laid on the mummy suggests that they were thought of as jewelry century 4 1 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman Egyptian faience with blue glaze cm 2 26 1 4 0 58 accession number 48 1678 30087 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 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 | ||||
