Fayoum / figurine / Ceramic / Paint / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3239
Object Name: figurine
Lot: Askren, David
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Ceramic; Paint; Pigment
Length: [DEPTH] 4.8 cm;
Width: 10.3 cm;
Height: 16.7 cm;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;313.2g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Light, reddish brown clay. Osiris as human-headed visceral, “Canopic” jar. Osiris wears the atef crown and surmounts globular, vase-shaped body, draped, and adorned with round amulet. Garlands at the base of the jar. Entire image carried by two eagles. Lower portion of figurine missing. Broken off at feet of eagles in front, slightly higher in back. White substance, perhaps paint, coats columns, garland and face of Osiris. Blue pigment, either Egyptian blue or lapis lazuli, remains in background. Hollow moulded. Circular vent in back.; Figurine of Osiris. Clay, pigment; 16.7 cm h., 10.3 cm w., 4.8 cm d. (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
Subjects: Osiris as a human-headed jar
Verbatim Date: mid-1st - 3rd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2015
Publication Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Publication Author: Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.; Wilfong, T.G.
Publication Year: 1977; 2015
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 122 KB
Record: 0000.00.3239
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3239/0000_00_3239p01.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; figurine; Ceramic; Paint; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3239/0000_00_3239p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.

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