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| Title | amulet depicting three gods | |
| Collection | Artworld: Oriental Museum | |
| Artist | Isis, Goddess | |
| Description | Amulet depicting the triad of Isis, Osiris and Horus, cast in copper alloy. Osiris stands between Isis and Horus and is depicted as a mummiform man wearing a wesekh collar, false beard and atef-crown with uraeus and holding the crook and flail across his chest. To his right stands his sister-wife, Isis, wearing the cow-horn crown with sun disc, tripartite wig and long dress. To his right stands his son, Horus, depicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the double crown, tripartite wig and pleated shendyt kilt. The three figures are connected by 2 strips on the reverse, one along the back of the headdresses and the other across the shoulders. The shallow rectangular base has a loop for suspension on the reverse and at one end. |
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| Cultural Context | Egyptian | |
| Location Creation Site | Misr | |
| Location Current Repository | The Oriental Museum | |
| Subject | jewellery, amulet, god, man, woman | |
| Measurements | 49 x 67 x 18 mm | |
| Relation References | Hart, G. 1986. A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. London New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, p. 87-96, 101-107, 151-167 | |
| Rights | Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved | |
| Rights Owner | OM | |
| Work Type | amulet | |
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