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Fragment of statuette/ atef-crown

Atef-crown, probably part of a bronze or wooden Osiris figure. The crown is decorated with a solar disc and the uraeus and surmounted by a solar disc. The feathers are flanked by two uraei. A tenon projects down from the crown base. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 6958
Metal / Bronze
5.6 cm x 7.2 cm x 2.2 cm
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio