Osiris inscribed for Harkhebit, son of Padikhonsu and Isetempermes

A dark green-brown bronze statuette shows Osiris standing frontally, his body wrapped in a close-fitting mummiform sheath with hands crossed at the chest. He wears a tall atef crown with plumes at the sides, and the figure rests on a rectangular base mounted on a wooden block. The patinated surface is mottled with green and red corrosion.

Look closer: Small wooden base block under the bronze figure, a visible stand for the statuette.

Artist

Unknown

Date

600–300 BCE

Medium

Bronze, silver

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3000 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1910