Osiris with crown
€590.00
Product number:
23905873587
Product information "Osiris with crown"
With the end of the Old Kingdom, the hope of the afterlife was associated with the figure of the god Osiris. The mythical ruler of the afterlife was 'Lord of Abydos', presiding over the judgement of the dead, and also embodied rebirth as the god of vegetation. In the hands of the statue are his gold-decorated insignia of power: crook and frond. On his head he wears the feather-adorned crown of Atef. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum. Late period, 6th/5th century BC Green patinated cast metal, partially gilded on a black diabase base. Size 5 x 19 x 5 cm.