Figure

Figure

Object name: Figure
Date: 1295-850 BC
Dimensions:
540 x 140 x 140 mm
680 x 140 x 140 cm (267 11/16 x 55 1/8 x 55 1/8 in.)
Medium: Wood
Object number: C00477
DescriptionFigure of Osiris, painted red with an elaborate collar of blue, green, yellow and red. Osiris figures were placed in tombs of wealthy Egyptians in the New Kingdom. They contained scrolls of the Book of the Dead, which instructed the deceased how to live in the Afterlife.
Culture: Ancient Egyptian