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Osiris statuette

Standing, mummiform figure of Osiris, wearing a tight-fitting dress. He is wearing an atef-crown with a solar disc and ram horns. He has a false beard. The arms are bent and the fists, resting side by side on the chest, hold the nekhekh and the heqa-sceptres. There is a tenon under the feet. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 22
Metal / Bronze
1.7 cm x 7.4 cm x 0.9 cm
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio