AN EGYPTIAN BASALT NAOPHOROS

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AN EGYPTIAN BASALT NAOPHOROS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-332 B.C.

Depicted kneeling on a rectangular base with back pillar, wearing a wide wig and the so-called Persian wrap with a triangular tuck at the chest, the hem visible around the ankles, and supporting a naos or shrine on his upper thighs which contains a mummiform figure of Osiris wearing a braided beard and the atef-crown with uraeus and holding the crook and flail--11in. (27.7cm.) high