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| Keywords: Egyptian - Statue of Osiris - Walters 54551 - Mark A.jpg The god of resurrection Osiris reigned supreme in the underworld He combined the elements of death regeneration and fertility in his mythology He was also connected with crops and the annual floods Osiris took on funerary associations when he was linked with other underworld gods as his cult spread across the land This combination of fertility and funerary aspects made Osiris the principal god of the dead One of his titles is chief of the westerners the west being the domain of the dead Here the god is shown in his standard iconography attired in a mummiform garment his hands projecting from the wrappings to hold the royal insignia of crook and flail He wears the elaborate atef crown-composed of the tall white crown double plumes ram horns and uraeus sacred cobra -as well as a ceremonial braided beard This statue is of extraordinary size ca 580 550 BC Late Period hollow cast bronze cm 60 96 14 accession number 54 551 36613 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin Upper Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian late period Statues of Osiris Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
