Sculpture of Osiris
Sculpture of Osiris is made of brown baked clay. Osiris is standing and wearing an atef crown; a combination of the crown of Upper Egypt with an ostrich feather on each side.
Facial features are clearly expressed. Above his big almond eyes, eyebrows arch in two, long, relief lines. His nose is large and dominant, while his mouth protrudes slightly and is accentuated with a horizontal line.
Osiris is standing with his arms on his chest. He is holding a long flagellum in both hands that extends from the shoulders, down the arm towards the lower part of his body. He is wearing a long, tight dress with hieroglyphs on the bottom, including a cartouche of Ramesses II (1279-1212 B.C.), third ruler of the 19th dynasty.
Similar to the previous sculpture, there are traces of final processing, like polishing and clay cutting. A round plaster pedestal for Osiris was added sometime after the artifact arrived to the Museum of Slavonia.
Facial features are clearly expressed. Above his big almond eyes, eyebrows arch in two, long, relief lines. His nose is large and dominant, while his mouth protrudes slightly and is accentuated with a horizontal line.
Osiris is standing with his arms on his chest. He is holding a long flagellum in both hands that extends from the shoulders, down the arm towards the lower part of his body. He is wearing a long, tight dress with hieroglyphs on the bottom, including a cartouche of Ramesses II (1279-1212 B.C.), third ruler of the 19th dynasty.
Similar to the previous sculpture, there are traces of final processing, like polishing and clay cutting. A round plaster pedestal for Osiris was added sometime after the artifact arrived to the Museum of Slavonia.
Catalogue entry
Sculpture of Osiris with atef crown
Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
inv. no. MSO AA-1340
Egypt, unknown site
New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.)
19th dynasty (1295-1186 B.C.), reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 B.C.)
terracotta
17.5 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
donation, Franjo Folk
Resources
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- Tomorad, Mladen. „The Ancient Egyptian Antiquities in Institutional and Private Collections in Croatia“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 31-58. 49.
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- Tomorad, Mladen. „The phases of penetration and diffusion of Egyptian artefacts and cults in the region of Istria and Illyricum (from the 7th c. B.C. to the 4th c. A.D.)“. U: Györy, Hedvig (ur.). Aegyptus et Pannonia V. Budapest, 2016: 185-226 + Plates 69-81. 199-200.
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