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AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AMULET OF NEPHTHYS browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000: item # 880913
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| Striding goddess, wearing the crown consisting of the two components of her name in hieroglyphs, wearing a tripartite wig, defined breasts, hands straight down on her sides and wearing a tightly-fitted garment. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. 1.5 inches high. Intact. Pierced for suspension. Ex. NYC collection. Nephthys was the daughter of Seb and Nut, and the sister of Osiris, and Isis, and Set. She always appears as the faithful sister and friend of Isis, and helps the widowed goddess to collect the scattered limbs of Osiris and to reconstitute his body | ||
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