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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statue of Herer

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Painted wooden figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, with a red background wrapping, and a column of hieroglyphs down the lower front body and back column. The pedestal and crown of the god are lost. Such figures were placed in the tomb as guarantors of rebirth, in rich burials of the 1st millennium BC. The hieroglyphs on the back identify the tomb-owner in this case as a man called Herer.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

L1091:12

Dating

LATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

STATUE

Material

WOOD

Technique

SCULPTURED; PAINTED

Height

52 cm

Width

12 cm

Depth

9 cm

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