Figure Of Standing Osiris
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. BRONZE STANDING FIGURE. IDENTIFIED BY DOROTHY KENT HILL AS REPRESENTING EGYPTIAN GOD OSIRIS WRAPPED AS A MUMMY, EYES INLAID IN SILVER AND GOLD.
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Notes
content: Standing, wrapped as a mummy, wearing broad bead collar tied at back; bearded; on head, atef, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked by ostrich feathers (broken at top). In hands, crook and flail. Eyes inlaid in silver and gold.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Osiris votive statue, 664-30 B.C. As mummified King of the Netherworld, Osiris wears the atef, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked by ostrich feathers. He often has a black or green face to connect his rebirth with new plants sprouting after the annual Nile flood.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553061-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Statuette
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 45 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm