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Statuette of Osiris
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period
1075–656 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.5 x 6.7 cm (10 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.260
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStanding figure of Osiris with the flail and whip in his hands. He wears the atef crown with added rams horns and a broad collar of inlaid precious metal. The eyes and brows are of inlaid black metal. The carving technique is of very high quality, with special attention paid to the details of the crown's feathers, the false beard and the uraeus' body.
ProvenanceBefore 1908: Alfred Greenough Collection; by 1908: Charles H. Parker Collection; 1908: given to the MFA by Charles H. Parker.
(Accession Date: May 14, 1908)
(Accession Date: May 14, 1908)