SculptureEgyptian8th-7th century BCE

Osiris

mid 7th-late 1st century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze, gold and electrum inlays

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Late Period to Ptolemaic

Century

8th-7th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

14.2 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (5 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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