Nephthys, Horus the Child, and Isis Amulet

Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

Egyptian

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.

Status: On View, Gallery 50
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Nephthys, Horus the Child, and Isis Amulet
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 664 BCE–525 BCE
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: 4.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm (1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: W. Moses Willner Fund
Reference Number: 1910.162
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 127.
Roberta Casagrande-Kim, ed., When the Greeks Ruled Egypt: From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. Exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014), p. 99, cat. 85.

Art Institute of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great, October 31, 2013 - July 27, 2014; traveled to New York City, NY, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, October 8, 2014 - January 4, 2015.
Art Institute of Chicago, Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Feb. 11, 2022 - present.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1910.

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