Isis mourning (with her sister Nephthys) are rare protective funerary amulets in the characteristic gesture of lamentation. They were placed on the upper chest of mummies of the Ptolemaic Period to facilitate the ressurrection of the deceased as they manage with their brother Osiris1
Green glaze flat back
H 5.5, W 2.7, T 0.7
Late Ptolemaic Period
Walters Arts Museum
#48.1637
Turquoise glaze flat back
kneeling on the gold sign
H 5.7, W 2.5
Art market
Yellow poor glass H 4.5, W 2.0
Ptolemaic Period
© The Trustees of the British
Museum #EA54924
Reference
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt 1994, p. 48