Statuette of Osiris-Iah
Ancient Egyptian
-664–-332
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Dimensions
- 15 × 7 × 5.5 cm (5 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- statuette
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
votive offeringCrownsgods (deities)sculpturetwenty-sixth dynastytwenty-ninth dynastylate period (egyptian)twenty-eighth dynastyancient artbronzetwenty-seventh dynastystatuettethirtieth dynastycopper alloyegyptiangoddessesancientmetal
About
According to the Egyptian religion, gods could combine with each other to form composite deities. The complex crown of this bronze statuette has characteristics of the god Osiris, as well as the ibis-headed moon god Thoth. This statuette was dedicated to the god by a man named Pamu.
