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Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 48.1673. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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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>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Green-glazed Egyptian faience plaque showing a central standing deity-like figure flanked by two attendants/figures within an incised/relief-style composition.

The object is a rectangular faience plaque with a smooth, green glaze. In the center stands a nude/garmentless, frontal human-like figure in raised relief, with arms held close to the body and a stylized head/face. To either side are two more standing figures rendered in similar relief, each with a long, vertical form and head/upper-body details that are too worn/obscured to identify confidently. No clearly legible hieroglyphic inscription or cartouche is visible; the surface shows wear and firing/production irregularities typical of faience. Overall the imagery is consistent with a multi-figure religious grouping, though individual deities cannot be confirmed from this image alone.

religious unknown (faience religious small plaque; date unclear from image) good

Deities unknown (central figure likely a deity; side figures unclear)

Materials green-glazed faience

Connections

Deities Horus Isis Harpocrates Nephthys

Materials Green-Glazed Faience

Cross-references (2)

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

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Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.