Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Osiris
Description
Copper alloy, stone
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small bronze statue of an ancient Egyptian deity.
This artifact is a bronze statue depicting an Egyptian deity, possibly Osiris, given the headdress and posture. The statue is encrusted with a green patina, typical of aged bronze. The figure stands upright with detailed carvings illustrating traditional attributes and attire, including a crown with a central adornment. The piece shows signs of oxidation but remains well-preserved overall.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Osiris
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282044 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.6.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546112 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.