triad amulet

triad amulet

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This is a triad amulet, showing the goddesses Isis and Nephthys holding hands with the child Horus.

It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Horus-the Child, the middle figure, wears no clothes, as was usual for children. His hair is plaited in the style known as the ‘sidelock of youth’. Horus is flanked by his mother and aunt. During the Saite Period, the Egyptians wrapped this amulet into a mummy’s bandages. This is a triad amulet, showing the goddesses Isis and Nephthys holding hands with the child Horus. It is made from faience. It is over 2,500 years old, dating to the 26th Dynasty Saite Period (664-525 BCE) in the Late Period.

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