Osiride Figure

Unknown

594–558 B.C. · Wood · Egyptian Art

This handsome figure was excavated among burials in reused tombs south of the Step Pyramid. The figure had traces of a pitch or bitumen coating in areas, has an integral tang beneath the feet, and a hole for an attribute on its head: all these features point to its likely having been a figure of Ptah-Sokar Osiris.

Artist

Unknown

Date

594–558 B.C.

Medium

Wood

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1926