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Figure of Osiris

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 2021.41.5. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 2021.41.5
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['cupreous metal']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Figure of Osiris (2021.41.5). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18

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figure, Osiris. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 11.5 × W. 3.3 × D. 2.3 cm (4 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 7/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Bronze/metal standing figure with an Egyptian-style plumed crown and a mummiform body, holding an implement at the chest, shown from head to feet on a rectangular base.

The image shows a small standing, human-like mummiform figure rendered in a dark, metallic material. The figure wears a tall, feather/plume-like headdress with two outward projections (typical of Osirian iconography in some figurines). The body is slim and elongated, with arms held in front of the torso; one hand appears to hold or rest against an object near the chest. The head is narrow with a frontal, simplified face. The figure stands on a rectangular base. No clear hieroglyphs or readable inscriptions are visible on the base in this image, and there is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The surface has casting/working marks and weathering/patina consistent with an alloyed metal.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (as given by catalogue; image does not provide enough diagnostic features to refine further). good

Deities Osiris (attributed by catalogue; iconography appears broadly consistent but not fully confirmable from the provided image alone)

Materials cupreous metal (bronze/copper alloy)

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Deities Osiris

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