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Inscribedno inscription
Head from a Statuette of Osiris
Made By
Egyptian, anonymous
Made By
Nubian
CultureEgyptian, Nubian
DateThird Intermediate Period (c. 752 BC - 656 BC), Dynasty 25
PeriodThird Intermediate Period
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 7/8 in. (6.3 x 2.2 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. (5.5 x 3.1 x 3.7 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. (5.5 x 3.1 x 3.7 cm)
Classification(s)
- ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Horace Mayer
Terms
- Osiris
- gods
- death
- votive
Object number59.21.22
DescriptionThis hollow cast, bronze head was originally part of a votive statuette depicting the Egyptian god of the underworld, Osiris. He wears his usual atef-crown adorned with a uraeus. There are thin slots on each side of the crown for inserting separately cast plumes, which are now lost. The head has broken off at the neck, and there are still remnants of the casting matrix visible inside.Collections
On View
Not on viewExhibitions
Egyptian, anonymous
Late Period (c. 664 BC - 525 BC), Dynasty 26
Egyptian, anonymous
Late Period (c. 664 BC - 525 BC), Dynasty 26
Egyptian, anonymous
Ptolemaic Period (c. 310 BC - 30 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egyptian, anonymous
Late Period (c. 664 BC - 310 BC), Dynasty 26 -Macedonian Dynasty