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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Psametik-mry-Re Holding Osiris Figure
Description
<p>The statue represents the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re. He stands holding a large figure of the god Osiris, Lord of the Underworld. Such "Osirophorus" figures were popular during the Egyptian Late Period (7th-4th century BCE). They were placed in temples to guarantee the participation of the person depicted in the rituals for the gods.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.206' rel='external'>Psametik-mry-Re Holding Osiris Figure</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[On the rear column] An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the great god, that he may give funerary offerings of (bread, beer), oxen and fowl, incense, garments, alabaster (jars of oil), cool water, all good, pure, and sweet things to the revered before Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re, son of the general Wah-ka-onekh.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.206 tier-2
- Walters-id 9435 tier-2
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