Temple Relief Fragment of Ptolemy II Offering to Osiris and Another God

Description Ptolemy II presents offerings to the enthroned god Osiris in two scenes. To the left, the king holds an object composed of hieroglyphs meaning "all life and dominion" before the god's partially preserved figure. To the right, the king wears a headdress composed of double plumes and offers another hieroglyphic object, this time a figure of the goddess of cosmic order, Maat, meaning that the king rules with order and justice.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/28/1962	Treatment	loss compensation
6/28/1962	Treatment	other
8/08/1967	Treatment	repaired
2/17/1998	Examination	technical study
11/21/2000	Treatment	cleaned; coated

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters