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Osiris statuette

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

Suppl. 16
Metal / Bronze+gold
2.6 cm x 6.5 cm x 1.3 cm
664–525 BCE
Late Period
Twenty–sixth Dynasty
Purchase Kircherian Museum
Not on display
Museo Egizio