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Statue of Osiris bearing traces of gold leaf

Statue of Osiris bearing traces of gold leaf
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0633

Inv.Inventory
 (Al Ashmunin storerooms) 188

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Statue of Osiris bearing traces of gold leaf

Category:
Sculpture in the round, statues, human / gods and goddesses statues
Date:
Ancient Egyptian period, Late Period (664-332 BCE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt
Material(s):
Organic material, wood
Height:
152 cm;
Width:
44 cm
Hall:
In the Afterlife



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Franck Goddio and Aurélia Masson-Berghoff, eds., The BP Exhibition: Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds (London: Thames and Hudson, 2016): 84.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 36-37, 315.

 

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