Standing figure of Osiris
The statuette of Osiris shows the god standing against a back pillar and set upon a high pedestal. The god is depicted as a mummy wearing the Atef-crown , a broad collar, and in his hands he holds the crook and the flail.
Present location
PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number
0065
Dating
30TH DYNASTY (not after); LATE PERIOD ; 26TH DYNASTY (not before)
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material
GREYWACKE
Technique
SCULPTURED
Height
26.6 cm
Width
7.2 cm
Depth
10 cm
Bibliography Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 39. 77. 78. Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 103, Abb. 64. Seipel, W., Ägypten : Götter, Gräber und die Kunst; 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube, Linz 1989, Kat.-Nr. 113. Monreal Agustí, L. (Hrsg.), Egipto milenario : Vida cotidiana en la época de los faraones, Barcelona 1998, Kat.-Nr. 29.