A STEATITE STATUETTE OF OSIRIS
A STEATITE STATUETTE OF OSIRIS

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

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A STEATITE STATUETTE OF OSIRIS
late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 b.c.
Depicted mummiform against an uninscribed back pillar, holding a flail in his fisted left hand and a crook in his right, wearing a plaited false beard and an atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, on an integral base
8 in. (21 cm.) high