Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris

Object Description

A finely modelled Egyptian bronze figure depicting the mummiform god Osiris wearing his standard attire, a close-fitted shroud. His wrists and hands poke out of vertical slits and meet in the centre of his body, just below his chest. He grasps a flail (nekhakha) in his left hand and a short-handled crook (heka) sceptre in his right hand. Osiris also wears the Atef crown (consisting of the Upper Egyptian white crown flanked by two lateral plumes and a uraeus, whose body extends up the crown). His body is mummified and presented on a square base which has been mounted on a custom-made stand.

Date: Circa 760 – 330 BC
Period: Late Period

Object History

From a private collection formed in South East England during the second half of the 20th century

Object Condition

Excellent condition, green patination to the surface. Height of figure alone, 12.cm.

Object Details