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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Depicted mummiform, the garment shaped into a cowl at the nape of the neck, the hands holding the crook and flail, wearing a broad collar, false beard, and atef-crown fronted with a uraeus, on an integral base inscribed in hieroglyphs, "May Osiris grant life to ... the son of Hornefer..."
10.7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Depicted mummiform, the garment shaped into a cowl at the nape of the neck, the hands holding the crook and flail, wearing a broad collar, false beard, and atef-crown fronted with a uraeus, on an integral base inscribed in hieroglyphs, "May Osiris grant life to ... the son of Hornefer..."
10.7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the owner's grandfather in Egypt in the 1920s