Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure of Pakherenkhonsu

A painted wooden mummiform figure of the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, wearing a tall blue-green plumed crown topped by a red sun disk. The white gessoed body has a black wig, a red and gold collar, crossed straps, and a column of black hieroglyphs down the front, set on a white base.

Look closer: A column of black hieroglyphs runs down the front of the white body, easy to overlook beside the painted collar.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 721–664 BCE

Medium

Wood, gesso, paint

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2667 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1928