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Man Holding a Shrine Containing an Image of Osiris

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Description

Late Period, 5th–4th century B.C. Greywacke. H. 46.6 cm (18 3/8 in.); W. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); D. 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.

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.

Greywacke figurine of a standing man holding a rectangular shrine-like object against his body; the shrine contains a small seated figure or image.

The image shows a standing human figure carved in dark grey stone, with a smooth, simplified body and a short, close-cropped wig or head covering. The man’s head is slightly turned and his face is expressionless. He holds a tall rectangular shrine/monument shape at waist to chest level with both hands; within the shrine opening is a smaller depicted figure or image on a lighter interior background. The shrine’s interior appears to contain a standing or seated small form with raised arms, though details are worn or stylized. No legible hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the figure or the shrine opening. The overall style is consistent with Late Period small statuary, but specific names or inscriptions cannot be read from the provided image.

religious Late Period (per catalogue) good
Deities Osiris (depicted as the image inside the shrine; visible as a small figure but specific identity cannot be confirmed beyond catalogue)
Materials greywacke

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials Greywacke

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249859 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.2.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 551807 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.