Fayoum / Osiris bust / Steatite
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3208
- Object Name
- Osiris bust
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Steatite
- Length
- 4.25 cm (depth);
- Width
- 3.75 cm;
- Height
- 8.5 cm;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;146.2g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Broken off below chin, slanting cut so back of shoulders extant; wears crown of upper Egypt w/ two ceremonial feathers framing it; plinth down center back; fine detail.
- Subjects
- Head of Osiris
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Napoleon's Legacy: The European Exploration of Egypt
- Exhibition Curator
- Reister, Pamela
- Publication Title
- Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
- Napoleon’s legacy : the European exploration of Egypt. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology from September 26 to December 21, 1984.
- Publication Author
- Wilfong, T.G.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- 1984
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3208
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3208/dsc_3883.jpg
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"Fayoum; Osiris bust; Steatite." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3208/dsc_3883.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
