Figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Dimensions: H. 51.7 cm (20 3/8 in.); W. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); D. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). Date: 332-30 B.C..This mummiform figure represents the funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. On his head are two ostrich plumes, hieroglyphs for maat (the proper order of the Egyptian cosmos), a sun disk, and two horns. The inscription down the center of the body tells us the figure was made for a priest of Osiris whose name is unfortunately effaced. The inscription continues on the back, where the name of the owner's father, the priest of Osiris Padiaabehdet, is preserved.The pedestal on which the figure stands is partially hollow, and contains a linen-wrapped object that might be a roll of papyrus inscribed with spells to assist the owner in his afterlife, or alternatively a mummified animal. On the lid that covers the opening into the base is the protective deity Sopdu in the form of a mummified hawk. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Dimensions: H. 51.7 cm (20 3/8 in.); W. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); D. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). Date: 332-30 B.C..This mummiform figure represents the funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. On his head are two ostrich plumes, hieroglyphs for maat (the proper order of the Egyptian cosmos), a sun disk, and two horns. The inscription down the center of the body tells us the figure was made for a priest of Osiris whose name is unfortunately effaced. The inscription continues on the back, where the name of the owner's father, the priest of Osiris Padiaabehdet, is preserved.The pedestal on which the figure stands is partially hollow, and contains a linen-wrapped object that might be a roll of papyrus inscribed with spells to assist the owner in his afterlife, or alternatively a mummified animal. On the lid that covers the opening into the base is the protective deity Sopdu in the form of a mummified hawk. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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