Fragment of a Left Hand

The original appearance of a complete sculpture can often be recognized from even a small fragment. Statues offering a naos, or shrine with a divine image, which this hand originally held, became popular in the later periods of Egyptian history. They depict the owner in perpetual offering and thus in the eternal presence of a divinity. The inscription on this and another fragment now in Liverpool identifies the deity as Osiris and the owner as Senu, a prince, noble, governor, overseer of the royal harem, and prophet of Osiris, Horus, and Isis, lords of the Temple of Provisions.