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Head of Osiris
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Granite
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.744
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBlack granite fragment of an Osiris statuette. He is crowned. He wears a beard and uraeus on his forehead. It is heavy. It is broken at the neck. A small portion of the beard remains.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date:November 17, 1902)