Osiris

A green-patinated bronze statuette of the god Osiris, shown standing in mummiform wrapping with a tall atef crown and arms crossed over the chest. The figure rises from a square base set on a white display block against a plain grey background, its corroded surface flecked with lighter verdigris.

Look closer: A crook and flail are crossed over the chest, partly hidden by corrosion.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 BCE

Medium

Cupreous metal

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2667 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889