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Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris

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Description

<p>This speckled black granite statue depicts a man holding a shrine containing a figure of Osiris. The man has hollow eyes for inlay. The piece has an inscription on the back and below the shrine. The piece has been repaired and broken and has feet broken off. The piece is either from the Saite or Ptolemaic periods.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.196' rel='external'>Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

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 back and below shrine, inscription with badly cut signs; illegible]

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials Speckled Black Granite

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.196 tier-2
  • Walters-id 27838 tier-2

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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