Osiris
4th century B.C.E. or later
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Object Label
Votive animal mummies were associated with the king of the realm of the dead, Osiris, while his son, the hawk-headed Horus, was his successor on earth.
Osiris became the prototype for proper death because he was the first to be mummified and achieved eternal life in the next world. Thus all mummies of humans and animals imitated the mummification process and form followed to reanimate Osiris in the next world.
Osiris became the prototype for proper death because he was the first to be mummified and achieved eternal life in the next world. Thus all mummies of humans and animals imitated the mummification process and form followed to reanimate Osiris in the next world.
Caption
Osiris, 4th century B.C.E. or later. Wood, gesso, paste, bronze, electrum, gold leaf, 7 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (18.6 x 8.6 x 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1374E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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Gallery
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Title
Osiris
Date
4th century B.C.E. or later
Dynasty
Dynasty 30, or later
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Saqqara, Egypt
Medium
Wood, gesso, paste, bronze, electrum, gold leaf
Classification
Dimensions
7 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (18.6 x 8.6 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1374E
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