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Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris

Egyptian (Artist)
mid 7th-late 1st century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic; Saite (?))
speckled black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This speckled black granite statue depicts a man holding a shrine containing a figure of Osiris. The man has hollow eyes for inlay. The piece has an inscription on the back and below the shrine. The piece has been repaired and broken and has feet broken off. The piece is either from the Saite or Ptolemaic periods.

Inscription

[On back and below shrine, inscription with badly cut signs; illegible]

Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1964 Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me. The Jewish Museum, New York.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
2/12/1964 Examination exhibition
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Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

22.196

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