Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Found inside Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure 21.9.1a–c, these bundles of linen were X-rayed in 2016 and found to contain mud. Found with them, loose in the figure’s body cavity, were grains of wheat and sand. This material was likely meant to assist with the resurrection of the deceased by evoking the yearly agricultural cycle of harvest (death) and new growth (rebirth).

Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure, Linen, mud

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Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure, Linen, mud
Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure, Linen, mud

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