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Osiris Seated on a Throne
664-525 BCE (?) (Late Period; Saite (?))
dark green slate
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sunk relief fragment of a stele depicts Osiris sitting on a throne and facing right. He wears an atef crown with plumes and holds up a whip and crook.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Kelekian inv. no. 3281; said to be from Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
L: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.133