Osiris
Description
Object Label: Votive animal mummies were associated with the king of the realm of the dead, Osiris, while his son, the hawk-headed Horus, was his successor on earth. Osiris became the prototype for proper death because he was the first to be mummified and achieved eternal life in the next world. Thus all mummies of humans and animals imitated the mummification process and form followed to reanimate Osiris in the next world. Caption: Osiris, 4th century B.C.E. or later. Wood, gesso, paste, bronze, electrum, gold leaf, 7 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (18.6 x 8.6 x 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1374E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A gold-colored artifact representing an Egyptian figure possibly in a mummiform stance.
The artifact appears to represent an Egyptian figure with an elongated headpiece or crown, possibly in a traditional pose associated with deities or important figures. The object is covered in a gold-like material suggesting either high status or religious significance. The surface of the artifact shows signs of wear, with visible cracks and patches indicating age and possible handling.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1374E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4145 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.