Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure, Ptolemaic Period, 306–30 , From Egypt, Wood, paint, gesso, H. cm (32 1/16 in.); base: L. 43

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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure, Ptolemaic Period, 306–30 , From Egypt, Wood, paint, gesso, H. cm (32 1/16 in.); base: L. 43 × W. 12 cm (16 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.), Hollow wooden figures of Osiris were used to hold funerary texts on papyrus scrolls in the later periods of Egyptian history. This excellent example was made for a musician of the god of the twelfth nome of Upper Egypt, Ihet, born of the House Mistress, Gemyet

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Size: 3467px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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