Egyptian Faience Triad Amulet
Saite Period, 624-525 BC. A pale blue faience Osirian Triad amulet depicting Nephthys, Horus and Isis standing side-by-side on an integral plinth against a back pillar, each goddess wearing a tightly-fitted sheath and a headdress with her attribute, each holding one of the divine child's hands, top ribbed suspension loop; flat backed. See Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 17.194.2444, for similar; see Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. London, 1914, pl. XXVII, no. 152a-b, for similar. 7.3 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman; acquired from a North London gallery, previously in an early 20th century, Home Counties, UK, collection.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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Saite Period, 624-525 BC. A pale blue faience Osirian Triad amulet depicting Nephthys, Horus and Isis standing side-by-side on an integral plinth against a back pillar, each goddess wearing a tightly-fitted sheath and a headdress with her attribute, each holding one of the divine child's hands, top ribbed suspension loop; flat backed. See Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 17.194.2444, for similar; see Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. London, 1914, pl. XXVII, no. 152a-b, for similar. 7.3 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman; acquired from a North London gallery, previously in an early 20th century, Home Counties, UK, collection.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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