AN INLAID BRONZE SHRINE PECTORAL, comprising a scene of Horus wearing a double crown, holding a was and ankh sign, standing before a seated figure of Osiris with Isis standing behind, recitations by Horus, son of Isis, and Osiris, lord of Eternity, inscribed above, the enclosed shrine surmounted by stars and a winged sun disc, traces of red and turquoise pâte de verre inlay surviving, 6th-4th Century B.C.

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AN INLAID BRONZE SHRINE PECTORAL, comprising a scene of Horus wearing a double crown, holding a was and ankh sign, standing before a seated figure of Osiris with Isis standing behind, recitations by Horus, son of Isis, and Osiris, lord of Eternity, inscribed above, the enclosed shrine surmounted by stars and a winged sun disc, traces of red and turquoise pâte de verre inlay surviving, 6th-4th Century B.C.
4in. (10cm.) high

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