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Head of a statue of Osiris

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Head of a statue of Osiris wearing the white crown, with carved features and inlaid eyes made of various materials: bronze lids, calcite eyeballs, obsidian iris and pupil. There are four mortises for the tenons of two plumes on the left and right of the crown, and three mortises for the tenons of a uraeus on the front.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

14268

Dating

3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not before); UNKNOWN; 26TH DYNASTY (not after)

Archaeological Site

SAQQARA NECROPOLIS

Category

STATUE

Material

BRONZE; CALCITE/ALABASTER; OBSIDIAN; WOOD

Technique

METAL-TECHNIQUE; INLAY

Height

20 cm

Width

5 cm

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