Osiris, Lord of the Dead

Description This statue of Osiris seated was donated to a temple by an Egyptian official whose name is lost. The text on the base and back pillar contains a prayer to Osiris-Wennefer (eternally incorruptible), named as the son of Nut (the goddess of the sky), head of the gods, great god, and ruler of eternity. The crook and flail in his hands and the ritual "atef"-crown identify him as a former king, albeit a mythical one.

Conservation

Examined in preparation for exhibition.

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	Examined
10/15/1998	Examination	survey
10/09/2008	Treatment	technical analysis; cleaned; loss compensation

Exhibitions

• Mummified. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008-2013.
• Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2013-2014.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909