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

The god is depicted seated on a throne, wearing a pleated kilt and a tripartite wig fronted by a bronze uraeus and surmounted by his attribute, also in bronze, the moon disk cradled by a crescent moon. His braided beard is also in bronze, while his eyes are inlaid with contrasting light and dark stone. The attributes once held in his fisted hands are now missing. The throne is embellished with a lion in relief on each side, and its plinth is incised with a repeating pattern consisting of neb signs surmounted by an ankh bracketed by two was-scepters, which together read “all life and dominion.” The back-pillar has an inscribed hieroglyphic inscription reading: “Osiris, Foremost of the West, Lord of Eternity, Ruler of Everlastingness.” For a standing figure of the god displaying the same attributes, see no. 75 in R.S. Bianchi, et al., Egyptian Bronzes in the Fondation Gandur Pour L'art.