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Bronze Statuette of Osiris (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5584)

Ancient Egyptian Art

A bronze statuette of Osiris, Egyptian, Late Dynastic to Hellenistic period, 664 to 31 BCE, from the Cesnola Collection. The Metropolitan Museum's own title and controlled-vocabulary tag both name the figure as Osiris. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 74.51.5584, Greek and Roman Art department, purchased by subscription 1874 to 76.

Facts
Subject Matter
Devotional Function
Small bronze statuettes of Osiris of exactly this Late Period type were mass produced as votive offerings, purchased by pilgrims and deposited in quantity at the god's own cult centers such as Abydos in fulfillment of a vow or a request, a practice documented by the large hoards of near identical Osiris bronzes archaeologists have recovered from favissae, temple pits used to bury offerings no longer in active use. 1
Physical Form
Medium
Egyptian bronze statuette, Late Dynastic to Hellenistic period, Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.5584 1
Classification
Object Type
Sculpture or Statuary 1
Medium (class)
Sculpture 1
Connections

Associated With

Osiris, Deities

This source names Osiris directly: "A bronze statuette of Osiris, Egyptian, Late Dynastic to Hellenistic period, 664 to 31 BCE, from the Cesnola Collection."

Source Bronze Statuette of Osiris, accession 74.51.5584 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Ancient Egyptian Religion, Religions
Source Bronze Statuette of Osiris, accession 74.51.5584 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Osiris, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Bronze statuette of Osiris," names the subject outright, and the museum's own Getty AAT and Wikidata linked tag confirms the identification.

Source Bronze Statuette of Osiris, accession 74.51.5584 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Originated In

Egypt, Regions
Source Bronze Statuette of Osiris, accession 74.51.5584 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Bronze Statuette of Osiris, accession 74.51.5584 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 74.51.5584
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A bronze statuette of Osiris, Egyptian, Late Dynastic to Hellenistic period, 664 to 31 BCE, from the Cesnola Collection.
  • Originated In: Egypt, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
    Egyptian
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Duat (Wikipedia)
In Group: Egyptian Funerary and Afterlife Deities, the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the statuette's subject as Osiris, god of the afterlifeView the Source
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