Statuette of Osiris
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)
- Medium
- Steatite
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 19.3 × 4.1 × 10.2 cm (7 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 4 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- W. Moses Willner Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This finely carved figure of the god Osiris portrays the mummiform deity seated on a throne holding a crook and flail, which are symbols of his ability to rule and to provide.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
