Nephthys, Horus the Child, and Isis Amulet
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 4.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm (1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- W. Moses Willner Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Nephthys and her sister Isis appear in myths as mourners for Osiris. Here, identified by their headdresses, they flank the young Horus, the son of Osiris, symbolizing that from the death of Osiris, comes renewed life. This amulet would assure rebirth in the afterlife.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
