SculptureEgyptian4th-1st century BCE
Base and Feet of Man Holding Osiris Shrine
4th-1st century BCE
Description
Fragmentary green stone base of a statue with inscription "For the ....... of the scribe Ptah_Irgi"
Dimensions
11 x 8 x 15 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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