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

Statuette of Osiris Wearing an Elaborate Crown

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Description

Caption: Statuette of Osiris Wearing an Elaborate Crown, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, without tang: 5 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (13.5 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.564E. (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 dark bronze statuette depicts a human-like deity with a raised, elaborate crown or headdress and crossed arms holding staffs, shown from head to pedestal base.

The image shows a standing, human-form figure with a central upright headdress/crown-like element that flares outward with curved forms. The figure has a stylized face with defined eyes and a prominent nose/mouth, consistent with iconographic conventions for Egyptian gods. Both arms are bent upward across the torso, with hands gripping or resting on two long, rod-like elements or staffs. The crown/headdress appears elaborate, with multiple lobes/segments around the top. The body is a simple column-like form tapering slightly toward the pedestal. No clear hieroglyphic inscription or cartouche is visible on the photo. The background is plain and the statuette is lit to emphasize surface texture; the material appears metallic with a dark patina.

religious Late Period (ground truth from catalogue; exact dating not verifiable from image alone) good
Deities Osiris
Materials metal (bronze appearance)

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials Metal

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.564E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117206 tier-2
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  • 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.