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Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates

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Accession: 48.1673
Dynasty: 28th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date: 4th-mid 3rd century BCE (Late Period-early Ptolemaic)
Date range: 400 BCE – 250 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates (48.1673). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220857

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<p>While Egyptian jewelry was worn in daily life, most of the examples known today came from tombs, where they adorned mummies. Amulets provided magical protection for the wearer in both life and death. Represented here are Horus the Child (Harpokrates) flanked by Isis and Nephthys.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1673' rel='external'>Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus Isis Nephthys Harpocrates

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Walters-AccNum 48.1673 tier-2
Walters-id 16223 tier-2

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