Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Standing Mummiform Statuette of Osiris

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Description

Caption: Standing Mummiform Statuette of Osiris, 332 B.C.E–395 C.E.. Bronze, 4 13/16 x 1 7/16 in. (12.3 x 3.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.35. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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.

A small bronze Egyptian standing mummiform figure, shown frontally with crossed arms and a highly stylized head, bearing a tall headdress shape reminiscent of Osirian iconography.

The image shows a single standing statuette photographed against a light background. The figure has a mummiform torso with tight, stylized proportions and a dark, worn metallic surface. Both arms appear folded across the chest, with hands visible near the upper torso. The head is modeled with a frontal face and a tall, narrow headdress/kem-like element extending upward into a pointed form. No clear plume of a specific crown type is identifiable from the image resolution. The lower body includes a fitted, short kilt-like wrap and a flat base with a slight pedestal. The surface texture suggests cast metal with wear and minor pitting. No inscriptions or readable hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the figure or base in this view. The overall form is consistent with a small Osiris-type mummiform statue, though precise attributes (e.g., specific plinth inscriptions, regalia details) cannot be confirmed from the provided image alone.

religious Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period (consistent with Osiris mummiform figurines; exact dating unclear from image alone) good
Deities Osiris
Materials bronze/metal (cast)

Connections

Found at Abydos
Deities Osiris
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.35 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19104 tier-2
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