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Osiris statuette

Standing, mummiform figure of Osiris, wearing a tight-fitting dress. He is wearing an atef-crown with a now missing solar disc, and the uraeus. He has a false beard. His arms are crossed on the chest, the fists hold the nekhekh and the heqa-sceptres. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Cat. 28
Metal / Bronze
2 cm x 7.2 cm x 1.3 cm
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio