Rare ex-voto of Osiris in his sarcophagus
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Late Dynastic Period or Greek Period, C. 716-30 B.C.
Rare and interesting ex-voto of Osiris God, lying in a sarcophagus-like.
Sarcophagus tank :
Terracotta enhanced with vertical white and brown lines on its different sides.
Dimensions : 16,3 x 7,6 cm. Height : 5,2 cm.
Osiris is headdressed with the atef crown which has ostrich feathers on its both sides ; he is holding the ouas sceptre, with one end surmounted by jackal-headed Seth God ; he is wrapped in bandages like those which covered mummies.
Blacked terracotta ; Osiris is lying on waste tissue.
Height : 14,9 cm.
Provenance : previous French collection of Paris.
Previously bought at Démons et Merveilles gallery, Paris, in 1998.
Ref. : HA-116.