Osiris

A small dark bronze statuette of the god Osiris stands on a pale wooden block, shown mummiform with arms bound close to the body. Its tall atef crown with side plumes rises above a plain, tapering form, its green-brown patina set against a neutral grey background.

Look closer: A pale wooden block supports the statuette's base, and the figure's tapered sheath-like body narrows toward it.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 BCE

Medium

Cupreous metal

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2667 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889