Statuette of Osiris
Description
Object Label: In his most characteristic form, Osiris, god of the dead, appears wrapped in mummy bandages and holds his twin attributes, the shepherd's crook and the flail. Caption: Statuette of Osiris, 664–525 B.C.E., or slightly later. Bronze, gold inlay, 7 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (19.7 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.27.
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 statuette of the Egyptian god Osiris depicted standing with a mummiform body and distinctive plumed atef crown, holding a ceremonial crook and flail.
The image shows a dark, bronze-colored small standing figure with a mummiform body. The head wears the atef-like crown: two upward side elements with additional ribbing/feather-like detailing and a central vertical component. The face is slender with downcast eyes and a smooth, dark surface. On the torso, a necklace collar is indicated near the upper body, and a cross-like vertical emblem appears at the center of the broad garment. Both sides of the figure show a ceremonial crook and flail held at shoulder level, with the right and left implements identifiable by their overall silhouettes. Raised or inlaid gold-toned accents are visible on the collar/neck area and along parts of the crown and garment edges, consistent with metal inlay. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or modern inscriptions are visible in the provided view.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.27 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3236 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.