The God Osiris, 664–525 B.C.E. Greywacke (sandstone), 8 1/16 × 5 1/16 × 2 11/16 in., 4 lb. (20.5 × 12.8 × 6.8 cm, 1.81kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.163. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 48.163_overall_PS9.jpg)
Figures of the god Osiris are particularly common from the Late Period (circa 664–332 B.C.). The craftsmanship of this figure is of a very high standard, the head executed virtually without fault. The bland and benign expression of the face is characteristic of work after the beginning of Dynasty XXVI. That the false beard is attached under the chin and does not envelop it suggests a dating in the second half of the dynasty.