# Statuette of Osiris-Iah

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, about 664–332 BCE
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 15 × 7 × 5.5 cm (5 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120298)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f9d0a9c2-50e2-0881-3a3b-271f877dd29d/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

According to the Egyptian religion, gods could combine with each other to form composite deities. The complex crown of this bronze statuette has characteristics of the god Osiris, as well as the ibis-headed moon god Thoth. This statuette was dedicated to the god by a man named Pamu.

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