An Egyptian pale blue faience amulet of Nephthys

An Egyptian pale blue faience amulet of Nephthys
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
The goddess depicted wearing the crown of the hieroglyph of her name, a striated wig and a close-fitting dress, 4.2cm high

Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, ca. 1960s-1970s.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 9 June 2006.

Nephthys appears most frequently depicted as part of a triad amulet with Isis and Horus, making single figures of the goddess more unusual. She is also associated in a funerary context with Isis, Selket and Neith, protecting the canopic jars of the internal organs of the deceased with particular responsibility for the lungs.