Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · statue

Statuette of Osiris

Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian), acc. 1892.130. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 1892.130
Date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 or later, 664–332 BCE
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['Copper alloy']
Repository: Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian), Statuette of Osiris (1892.130). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/185095

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Description

Ancient Egyptian worshippers purchased statuettes like this one from temple workshops and deposited them in temples or shrines. They made such offerings in thanks for answered prayers or to request good health, long life, and other favors from the gods. This finely cast statuette depicts the mummified Osiris, ruler of the underworld. The god holds a shepherd’s crook and a flail, symbols of royal authority that signify his role as Egypt’s first king. The statuette would have been inserted into a rectangular base inscribed for the person who offered it.

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/copper-alloy statuette depicting a mummiform male deity holding a was-scepter and wearing a tall headdress.

The image shows a small standing statuette in a dark green-brown patinated copper alloy. The figure is posed upright with a narrow waist and human-like proportions, with a mummiform/Osirid-like treatment of the body. The head has a distinctive tall headdress with two rounded elements rising at the sides; the face is defined with inlaid-looking eyes and a downcast expression. The left arm is bent across the torso while the right arm holds a long staff/implements. A prominent staff with a forked/ankh-like top and the was-scepter form are visible, consistent with Osiris iconography. The figure’s lower body ends in a square base. No clear hieroglyphic inscription is readable on the image, and no cartouches or royal names are visible.

religious ancient Egyptian (exact period unclear from image alone; likely Late Period to Ptolemaic depending on style, but unknown/uncertain) good

Deities Osiris

Materials copper alloy

Connections

Deities Osiris

Materials Copper Alloy

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ARTIC-id 617 tier-2

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
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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.