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Osiris figure for Gautsoshen

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1000–945 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126
This Osiride figure was carved from sycomore-fig wood, then inserted into a coniferous wood base. A cylindrical chamber was created by sawing horizontally across the middle of the back, and then vertically from the feet to the cross-cut, with each part then hollowed out. The facial features are relatively well carved, and special attention was given to the god's crown—the two side feathers (representing ostrich plumes) were made of separate pieces of wood, and the uraeus (rearing cobra on the brow) was is crowned with a horned sun disk, more usually associated with Isis or Hathor. Gautsoshen's Book of the Dead (25.3.32) was put into the interior chamber through a hole in the base, which was plugged up afterwards.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Osiris figure for Gautsoshen
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 21
  • Date: ca. 1000–945 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Gautsoshen (P4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
  • Medium: Sycomore wood
  • Dimensions: H. 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.3.37a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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