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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Statuette of Osiris
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Statuette of Osiris

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodThird Intermediate Period
Date1076-723 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions8 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (22.5 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm)
Object number2000.015
Label TextOsiris is shown here in his typical pose, wrapped as a mummy with his hands protruding from the bandages to grasp the crook and the flail. He wears the atef crown, a version of the royal white crown with two ostrich plumes on either side.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Antiquities (June 14, 2000), 20, lot 18.
Peter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (September/October 2001): 9-16.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 15.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Belgium. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, June 14, 2000, lot 18.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art