Figure of Osiris
Date: 26th-30th Dynasties (664-343 BCE)
Dimensions:
7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Medium: bronze
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1906.111
Label Text:Created as one of the first gods, Osiris was crucially important to Egyptians. Murdered and dismembered by his brother Seth, he was saved by his wife Isis. She gathered, assembled, and mummified his remains, and Osiris was resurrected as king of the underworld and ruler of the dead. Depicted with a wrapped white mummiform body, he wore a plumed crown. His royal scepters were the crook and flail, humble agricultural and pastoral implements. For Egyptians, just as a seed planted in the earth grew, prospered, and died—to grow again the following year—a person entering the underworld kingdom of Osiris would be reborn.
DescriptionSolid cast bronze statue.
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