Head from a figure of Osiris

A dark grey stone head with a serene, smiling face, eyes and brows carved with fine detail, wearing a tall atef crown with a uraeus at the front and side plumes. The head sits on a plain black stand against a pale grey backdrop. The stone is smooth and polished, with a broken base at the neck.

Look closer: A small uraeus cobra rests at the front of the crown above the brow.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–525 BCE

Medium

Graywacke (?)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3002 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020