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Bronze statuette of the Egyptian god Osiris in mummy form, wearing a tall feathered crown, on a green-stained base.

Osiris

A small cupreous-metal statuette of the god Osiris, shown mummiform with a tall atef crown of plumes, his hands crossed over the chest holding a crook and flail. The bronze has a dark brown surface with green patina on its rectangular base, set against a plain grey background.

Look closer: Green patina pooled on the base, with the crook and flail crossed on the chest

Artist
Unknown
Date
664–30 BCE
Medium
Cupreous metal
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2667 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -30).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904

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