Figure
Date1295-850 BC
MediumWood
DimensionsObject/Work: 540 x 140 x 140 mm
Other: 680 x 140 x 140 cm (267 11/16 x 55 1/8 x 55 1/8 in.)
Other: 680 x 140 x 140 cm (267 11/16 x 55 1/8 x 55 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Terms
Object numberC00477
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.On View
Not on viewCollections
1550-332 BC
664-525 BC
4500 BC-395 AD
2160-1479 BC
2160-1479 BC
2160-1479 BC
