AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS

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

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 14 December 1978, lot 400.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 24 November 1986, lot 47.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay


The god stands on an integral rectangular base, incised with the dedicatory inscription on each side, reading: "Who gives life and health (to) Hetep-amun, son of Heker (or Hakor), engendered of the of the House Im, Words spoken, said (by?), Osiris Wen(en)-nefer.”

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