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Osiris statuette

Seated, mummiform figure of Osiris, wearing a tight-fitting dress. He is wearing an atef-crown and a false beard. The arms are crossed on the chest, the fists hold the nekhekh and the heqa-sceptres. There is a tenon under the feet. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Cat. 50
Metal / Bronze
3.9 cm x 17 cm x 6 cm
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio