Caption

Figurine of a priest with a statuette of the god Osiris. The priest is shown standing, holding in front of himself with both arms a statuette of Osiris, which reaches below his waist. The priest is dressed in a long, pleated loincloth. On his head he wears a wig pushed halfway down his forehead and reaching to his shoulders. The musculature of the torso and arms is clearly defined, with a marked vertical line dividing the torso, and with strongly modeled collarbones. The priest's face is small, modern, with slightly convex, smooth cheeks. Slanted eyes, eyebrows with a gentle arch, artistically rendered. Large ears. Osiris is depicted in a shroud, wearing an atef crown, the front of which is decorated with a uraeus. In his right hand he holds a Nechacha whip, in his left a Heka scepter. The face is round, with large eyes and a slightly smiling mouth. The priest's figure is leaning against a rear pillar reaching to his wig, on which a hieroglyphic inscription is carved; some of the characters are completely illegible. Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Egypt, 664–525 BC. Sculpture; height 20.5 cm, width 6 cm, depth 8 cm, weight 0.918 kg., A dark brown stone statue of a standing figure with long, ribbed hair and a smooth, rounded face, holding a smaller standing figure in front of its torso; the larger figure has bare shoulders and a sculpted chest with visible contours, while the smaller figure wears a headdress and a fitted garment with incised details; the surface shows lighter brown worn areas and some pale spots, with the background a uniform medium gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_293

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47.5Mb (4.3Mb) / 9.2in x 20.0in / 2767 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine priest statuette god Osiris shown standing holding front arms Osiris reaches waist dressed long pleated loincloth head wears wig pushed halfway down forehead reaching shoulders musculature torso defined marked vertical line dividing strongly modeled collarbones priest's face small modern slightly convex smooth cheeks Slanted eyes eyebrows gentle arch artistically rendered Large ears depicted shroud wearing atef crown decorated uraeus right hand holds Nechacha whip left Heka scepter face round large eyes slightly smiling mouth priest's figure leaning rear pillar reaching hieroglyphic inscription carved characters completely illegible Late Period 26th Dynasty Egypt 664–525 Bc Sculpture height 20.5 cm width 6 cm depth 8 cm weight 0.918 kg dark brown stone statue standing figure ribbed hair smooth rounded face smaller standing figure larger figure bare shoulders sculpted chest visible contours smaller figure wears headdress fitted garment incised details surface lighter brown worn areas pale spots background uniform medium gray.