Statuette of Osiris

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Statuette of Osiris

Artist Unidentified

Period Late Period (Ancient Egyptian, 664–332 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 26 (Saite) (Ancient Egyptian, 664–525 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 27 (Persian) (Ancient Egyptian, 525–404 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 28 (Ancient Egyptian, 404–399 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 29 (Ancient Egyptian, 399–380 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 30 (Ancient Egyptian, 380–343 BCE)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date26th-30th Dynasties (664-343 BCE)

Dimensions7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)

Mediumbronze

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1906.111

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

DescriptionSolid cast bronze statue.

Label TextCreated 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.Published ReferencesPeck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 71, repr. (col.).Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.