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Osiris statuette

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

Cat. 5
Metal+glass / Bronze+colored glass
6.5 cm x 25.7 cm x 5.5 cm
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio