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Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris

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Description

<p>This steatite pendant is suspended by a perforated tang. Stone inlays are set in black paste. On the front is a beetle with outstretched legs in high relief. On the flat reverse tiny inlays filled the recessed figures. Shown within a square frame is a male figure in the elaborate dress of the Ramesid period adoring Osiris. The hieroglyphs at top identify the figures as "Osiris" and "The Osirian Mose."</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.83' rel='external'>Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring 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

[Translation] Osiris / (The) Osiris: Mose.

Connections

Deities Osiris

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.83 tier-2
  • Walters-id 24205 tier-2

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