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Psametik-mry-Re Holding Osiris Figure

Egyptian (Artist)
7th-6th century BCE (Late Period)
granodiorite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

The statue represents the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re. He stands holding a large figure of the god Osiris, Lord of the Underworld. Such "Osirophorus" figures were popular during the Egyptian Late Period (7th-4th century BCE). They were placed in temples to guarantee the participation of the person depicted in the rituals for the gods.

Inscription

[On the rear column] An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the great god, that he may give funerary offerings of (bread, beer), oxen and fowl, incense, garments, alabaster (jars of oil), cool water, all good, pure, and sweet things to the revered before Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re, son of the general Wah-ka-onekh.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2008 Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
6/15/2008 Treatment cleaned; coated; loss compensation
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Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.206

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